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Worldcrunch » Archives for December 2012

December 2012

Barack and Michele Obama, in the end, had a good year...
Geopoliticsunited kingdom

The Best Of 2012, Worldcrunch Style: Your Favorite Stories, And Ours

by Bertrand Hauger December 31, 2012May 22, 2025
App.net, Pheed, Diaspora: new names on the list of social networks
Societyunited states

Can These Alternative Ad-Free Social Networks Oust Facebook And Twitter?

by Leo Tilmont December 31, 2012May 22, 2025
The roar of the pro-democracy movement
blogegypt

How The Pro-Democracy Movement Is Changing How Egyptians Think And Speak

by Marion Girault-Rime December 31, 2012May 22, 2025
Eyes on the U.S.united states

Hillary Clinton Hospitalized After Exam Finds Blood Clot

by Marion Girault-Rime December 31, 2012May 22, 2025
Tahiti sunset
Food / Traveltravel

Unfurl The Mystery Of Tahiti’s Fragrant Monoi Road

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 30, 2012May 22, 2025
The Russian Honor Guard in Moscow
Geopoliticsrussia

Putin Lauds Record Year For Russian Weapons Exports – But Is He Overstating It?

by Emily Liedel December 30, 2012May 22, 2025
"No Hijab Allowed" - A Veiled Woman Banned From Morocco's Top Beach Club
Societycanada

“No Hijab Allowed” – A Veiled Woman Banned From Morocco’s Top Beach Club

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 30, 2012May 22, 2025
blogmoscow

WATCH What Happens When A Tupolev Jet Crashes On A Russian Highway

by Marion Girault-Rime December 30, 2012May 22, 2025
Neighbors must make nice...
Ideasun

China Must Take A Harder Line With North Korea’s Nuclear Provocations

by Marion Girault-Rime December 29, 2012May 22, 2025
Party like its... 2013
Geopoliticsunited states

The World Next Year: 2013 Edition

by Marion Girault-Rime December 29, 2012May 21, 2025
Artaserse - Opéra National de Lorraine
Societyitaly

True Or Falsetto? When Opera Singers Were Castrated To Hit The High Notes

by Bertrand Hauger December 29, 2012May 24, 2025
Tahrir square where "the most filmed revolution in history" took place
Geopoliticsegypt

Filming Revolutions: When A Video Is Worth A Thousand Kalashnikovs

by Bertrand Hauger December 28, 2012May 22, 2025
Societygermany

Why So Few Germans Are Taking Advantage Of New Family Care Leave

by Marion Girault-Rime December 28, 2012May 22, 2025
Sodium is always on the menu
Food / Travelunited states

Hey Americans, It’s Your Restaurants (Not Mom) That’s Making You Fat

by Jeff Israely December 28, 2012May 22, 2025
Welcome brothers!
Geopoliticsimmigration

Pan-Africanism Alive In Rwanda, As Visa Requirements Eased For All Africans

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 28, 2012May 22, 2025
Lucky Woman: Yahoo boss Mayer, pictured last month
Ideasursula von der leyen

The Dark Side Of Feminism – Why Women Don’t Like Powerful Women

by Bertrand Hauger December 28, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticsunited states

In Response To Newtown Shooting, Utah Teachers Get Free Gun Training

by Bertrand Hauger December 28, 2012May 22, 2025
Societychina

China Tightens Internet Control: Bans Anonymity, Allows Government To Delete Posts

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 28, 2012May 22, 2025
Getting lonely in China
Economyeconomy

One-Child Policy Could Push China Into Same Demographic Ditch As Japan

by Bertrand Hauger December 28, 2012May 22, 2025
Eyes on the U.S.united states

Gulf War General Norman Schwarzkopf Dies

by Jeff Israely December 28, 2012May 23, 2025
Virginie Routis, Presidential sommelier
Global Gourmetfood

Elysee Aromatic – Journey Into The Wine Cellar Of France’s Presidential Palace

by Chris Arden December 27, 2012May 22, 2025
An adoption announcement of a New Jersey couple and the baby boy adopted in Russia
Geopoliticsrussia

The Anti-American Anger Driving Russia’s Ban On U.S. Adoptions

by Emily Liedel December 27, 2012May 21, 2025
Time to wake up?
Societychina

Perils Of The Chinese Dream – When A Mogul Tries To Run For Mayor, Bloomberg-Style

by Marion Girault-Rime December 27, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticsafrica

UN Evacuates Staff From Central African Republic As Situation Deteriorates

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 27, 2012May 21, 2025
Eyes on the U.S.united states

George H.W. Bush In Intensive Care

by Jeff Israely December 27, 2012May 23, 2025
Geopoliticsindia

Indian Rape Victim Flown To Singapore Hospital In Critical Condition

by Marion Girault-Rime December 27, 2012May 22, 2025
Are female developers nailing it?
Societygermany

How The Boom Of Female Video Game Players Is Changing Gaming Development

by Leo Tilmont December 27, 2012May 22, 2025
"Breaking the format..."
Economyunited states

Three Simple Reasons Amateur Investors Have An Edge Over The Pros

by Jeff Israely December 26, 2012May 21, 2025
Lumbini, the Mecca of every Buddhist
Societyindia

“Buddhaland” – Is Nothing Sacred Anymore?

by Julie Farrar December 26, 2012May 22, 2025
Economygermany

Abercrombie And Fitch’s Hollister Stores Accused Of Spying On German Workers

by Jeff Israely December 26, 2012May 23, 2025
The Africa pavillion at the Shanghai Expo
Economychina

China Investment In Africa And The Risks Of Savage Capitalism

by Bertrand Hauger December 26, 2012May 22, 2025
A coal mine and its spoil tip in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Geopoliticsukraine

Clandestine Mines, The Price Of Ukraine’s Independence From Russian Gas

by Leo Tilmont December 26, 2012May 22, 2025
blogunited kingdom

After Vote, Morsi Signs Decree Establishing New Egyptian Constitution

by Bertrand Hauger December 26, 2012May 23, 2025
blogunited kingdom

Japan’s Seventh Prime Minister In Six Years Unveils New Cabinet

by Bertrand Hauger December 26, 2012May 23, 2025
Geopoliticsfirefighters

Eight Dead, 2,000 Homeless After Philippines Shantytown Fire And Riot

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 26, 2012May 21, 2025
The ballot for the referendum on the new Egyptian Constitution
Geopoliticsegypt

Egypt’s New Constitution In Its Entirety, In English

by Jeff Israely December 26, 2012May 21, 2025
Societyunited states

Death Of Two “Ordinary” American Acting Legends

by Jeff Israely December 26, 2012May 22, 2025
Dec. 15 protest in Moscow
Geopoliticsvladimir putin

The Russian Human Rights Groups Now Classified As “Foreign Agents”

by Emily Liedel December 25, 2012May 22, 2025
North Korea, 2012
Geopoliticscold war

A Chilling Tale Of Ordinary Japanese Abducted By North Korean Spies

by Chris Arden December 25, 2012May 22, 2025
Chinese tourists in the German city of Trier
Societygermany

Germans And Chinese: A One-Sided Love

by Julie Farrar December 24, 2012May 24, 2025
All you need is love... and a matchmaker.
Societydating

Call The Khatba – Traditional Matchmaker Back In Vogue In Modern Egypt

by Leo Tilmont December 24, 2012May 22, 2025
Khalid is a U.S. favorite
Geopoliticsafghanistan

Letter From Kabul: Ever More Extreme Kind Of Suicide Bomber Targets Spy Chief

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 24, 2012May 22, 2025
Lizzy Hawker running the 2009 Trail des Cerces in the French Alps
Societyunited kingdom

Run For The Hills: Meet Lizzy Hawker, England’s Queen Of The Ultra-Trail

by kethevane December 23, 2012May 22, 2025
Street Scene In Bukavu - South Kivu
Societyafrica

Along Rwandan-Congolese Border, Human Bonds And Pangs Of War

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 23, 2012May 22, 2025
Economychildren

Food Companies Luring Kids Online With Toys And Free Games

by Marion Girault-Rime December 23, 2012May 22, 2025
A friendly mob at 'Pages of Hackney' bookstore
Societyunited kingdom

“Cash Mobs” Go Global – Battle Spreads Against Chain Store Dominance

by Leo Tilmont December 23, 2012May 22, 2025
Welcome To A Ghost Town In The Pampa
Societyargentina

Argentina Struggles To Save Small Towns From Oblivion

by Emily Liedel December 22, 2012May 22, 2025
Algerian security services clashed with youth demonstrating over high unemployment and food prices.
Geopoliticssyria

Will The Arab Spring Ever Reach Algeria?

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 22, 2012May 22, 2025
Software engineering, unplugged...
Futuregermany

For The Grace Of Geeks – Teaching Social Skills To Engineers

by Marion Girault-Rime December 21, 2012May 22, 2025
What will he do?
Geopoliticssyria

Preventing Chemical Weapons Use In Syria

by Bertrand Hauger December 21, 2012May 21, 2025
Communist party leader Xi Jinping's softer look
Societychina

A Real “People’s Republic”? Signs Of A More Humble Chinese Leadership Style

by Bertrand Hauger December 21, 2012May 22, 2025
After Israel's Iron Dome, Lockheed Martin Unveils Cutting-Edge Anti-Missile Laser
Geopoliticsisrael

After Israel’s Iron Dome, Lockheed Martin Unveils Cutting-Edge Anti-Missile Laser

by Leo Tilmont December 21, 2012May 23, 2025
Futuregermany

Facebook’s Undoing? Legal Battle Demands Right To Anonymous Accounts

by Marion Girault-Rime December 21, 2012May 22, 2025
Oh darling!
Economyfrance

Louis Vuitton And The Risk Of Slipping Into Granny Kitsch

by Bertrand Hauger December 21, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticsun

UN Gives Green Light For Foreign Military Intervention In Mali

by Leo Tilmont December 21, 2012May 22, 2025
Economyunited states

Global Markets Drop After ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Talks Collapse In Washington

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 21, 2012May 23, 2025
Geopoliticselection

At Least 30 Killed In Kenyan Tribal Clashes

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 21, 2012May 21, 2025
Geopoliticsnuclear

North Korea Confirms Arrest Of U.S. Citizen

by Bertrand Hauger December 21, 2012May 22, 2025
Every year, some 200 tons of pure cocaine is produced in the Peruvian valleys
Geopoliticscocaine

Dispatch From The Heart Of Peru’s Cocaine War

by Leo Tilmont December 21, 2012May 22, 2025
Dorjee Rinchen, 58, Oct. 23 self-immolation in Labrang to protest of China's occupation of Tibet
Geopoliticsindia

Buddhism And Suicide – Righteous Or Wrong, Tibetans Who Burn Themselves Alive?

by Leo Tilmont December 20, 2012May 22, 2025
Changing attitudes
Societyeducation

Argentina’s Elite Schools Should Stop Turning Ambitious Girls Into Housewives

by Julie Farrar December 20, 2012May 22, 2025
A file photo Sidi Bouzid
Societyunemployment

Where Tunisia’s Revolution Began, A Deep Chill Settles In On Arab Spring

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 20, 2012May 22, 2025
Societytourism

Mayan Believers: Coastal Turkish Town To Be Spared Doomsday, Ark Awaits

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 20, 2012May 23, 2025
Jacob Zuma on stage
Geopoliticspolitics

While Zuma Sings And Dances, South Africa Pays The Price

by Leo Tilmont December 20, 2012May 24, 2025
Societyenvironment

Why Is Elegant Argentina Celebrating The Day Of The Wrinkled Shirt?

by Emily Liedel December 20, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticswashington

Fallout From Benghazi Inquiry – Four US State Department Officials Resign

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 20, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticssouth korea

South Korea Elects First Ever Woman President

by Leo Tilmont December 20, 2012May 22, 2025
Office supplies are *not a good Christmas present
Societyunited states

Christmas Gifts At Work: Where The Holiday Spirit Meets Office Politics

by Leo Tilmont December 20, 2012May 22, 2025
USS John C. Stennis before its deployment last year to the Middle East
Geopoliticssyria

Another ‘Coalition Of The Willing’? Why The West Would Bypass UN On Syria War

by Leo Tilmont December 19, 2012May 22, 2025
To Die For: Alain Ducasse's langoustine and caviar.
Food / Travelchina

One Last Meal Before The End Of The World

by Bertrand Hauger December 19, 2012May 22, 2025
Moscow's Butyrka prison, where Magnitsky was held with 11 months
Geopoliticsvladimir putin

“And Nobody Dies In Your Prisons?” Russian Fury At U.S. Magnitsky Act

by Emily Liedel December 19, 2012May 22, 2025
Societytime magazine

Barack Obama Is Time’s Person Of The Year – Kim Jong-Un Reacts

by Marion Girault-Rime December 19, 2012May 23, 2025
Societygermany

Germany’s Minister Of Family Affairs: Classic Fairy Tales Are Sexist

by Jeff Israely December 19, 2012May 23, 2025
Adam Lanza does not fit all the profile characteristics of mass muderers
Futureunited states

After Newtown: Why Most Mass Murderers Are Actually Not Mentally Ill

by Leo Tilmont December 19, 2012May 22, 2025
Mikhail Khodorkovsky in 2001
Geopoliticsputin

Rising Markets, Khodorkovsky Pardon, Surfin’ Santa

by Bertrand Hauger December 19, 2012May 21, 2025
The Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives, picking up the pieces of Germany's dark past
Geopoliticsberlin

The Hidden Victims Of The Cold War, Shot Down At The Berlin Wall

by Bertrand Hauger December 19, 2012May 24, 2025
Geopoliticsun

More Polio Workers Killed In Pakistan – Taliban Says Vaccination Is Sterilization

by Leo Tilmont December 19, 2012May 23, 2025
Societyjapan

Cash In The Trash: Japanese Garbage Man Finds $120,000

by Bertrand Hauger December 19, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticsmexico

Seventeen People Killed During Mexican Prison Break

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 19, 2012May 22, 2025
Eyes on the U.S.united states

Inquiry Into Deadly Benghazi Attack Highly Critical Of US State Department

by Marion Girault-Rime December 19, 2012May 22, 2025
Scientists Calculate The Precise Chance The World Will End On Friday
Futureunited states

Scientists Calculate The Precise Chance The World Will End On Friday

by Jeff Israely December 19, 2012May 21, 2025
Societylgbt

The Second Latin American Nation Is Set To Ok Gay Marriage

by Emily Liedel December 18, 2012May 23, 2025
The growth race is on
Geopoliticschina

China And India: The Tortoise And Hare And The Real Weight Of Demographics

by Marion Girault-Rime December 18, 2012May 22, 2025
The toys they are a-changin'
Economytechnology

Santa Gadget – Why Kids Don’t Want Toys Anymore For Christmas

by Chris Arden December 18, 2012May 22, 2025
Futureunited kingdom

Fighting Fire With…. Twitter… London’s Fire Brigade Goes 2.0

by Leo Tilmont December 18, 2012May 22, 2025
Rain or shine, 2013 may be a tough year in Venezuela
Geopoliticsdemocracy

Venezuela After Chavez – How The Country Will Fare If The *Caudillo* Goes Away?

by Emily Liedel December 18, 2012May 22, 2025
Eyes on the U.S.united states

Early Signs Gun Laws May Be Changed In Wake Of Connecticut School Shooting

by Leo Tilmont December 18, 2012May 23, 2025
Great Train robber Ronnie Biggs has died aged 84
Geopoliticsukraine

South Sudan Toll, Ukraine-Russia “Historic” Deal, Warmest November

by Bertrand Hauger December 18, 2012May 22, 2025
Notre Dame Cheerleaders Parading In The Streets Of Dublin
Societydiaspora

“The Gathering” Calls Ireland’s Diaspora Home, But Some Just See A Tourist Trap

by kethevane December 18, 2012May 22, 2025
Societychina

China Arrests More Than A Hundred People For Spreading Apocalypse Rumors

by Bertrand Hauger December 18, 2012May 21, 2025
Geopoliticsnews

NBC News Correspondent Richard Engel And Team Freed From Syrian Captors

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 18, 2012May 21, 2025
The aftermath of a bombing last month in Damascus that the government blamed on terrorists
Geopoliticssyria

Has Syria Become Al-Qaeda’s New Base For Terror Strikes On Europe?

by Bertrand Hauger December 18, 2012May 24, 2025
At the summit of Mt Uritorco
Societyfacebook

Facebook Doomsday Suicide Group Raises Alarms On Argentina’s Mystical Mountain

by Julie Farrar December 17, 2012May 22, 2025
Shanghai by night
Societychina

Why The Fight Against Corruption In China May Finally Be For Real

by Marion Girault-Rime December 17, 2012May 22, 2025
Security gate at a high school in Michigan
Eyes on the U.S.united states

A German Mom Used To Mock U.S. School Security, Now She Wants More

by Marion Girault-Rime December 17, 2012May 24, 2025
blogunited kingdom

Gerard Depardieu To Give Up French Passport – Check Out Where He Could Go Next

by Bertrand Hauger December 17, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticsrussia

A Glimmer Of Democracy In Russia? A Ruling To Favor Open Courts

by Emily Liedel December 17, 2012May 21, 2025
South Sudan's presidential guard
Geopoliticsnewsletter

South Sudan Violence, Snowden And Brazil, Pope Birthday

by Bertrand Hauger December 17, 2012May 22, 2025
Eyes on the U.S.united states

Saying Goodbye: After Obama’s Visit, Funerals For Connecticut Massacre Begin

by Jeff Israely December 17, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticsnato

Landmine Explosion Kills At Least 10 Afghan Girls Collecting Firewood

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 17, 2012May 21, 2025
Putin and his Security Council advisors
Geopoliticsvladimir putin

Putin Worldview: Russian Stability And Soft Power, Blind Western Interventionism

by Emily Liedel December 17, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticschina

Pro-Nuclear Conservative Party Thrashes Governement In Japanese Elections

by Leo Tilmont December 17, 2012May 23, 2025
Obama on Friday
Eyes on the U.S.united states

Monsieur Obama, Tears Are Not Enough. A European Plea For U.S. Gun Control

by Leo Tilmont December 17, 2012May 22, 2025
Tahrir Square, Nov, 2012
Geopoliticschina

Trends 2012, The Year By Index – Freedom Falling

by Jeff Israely December 17, 2012May 21, 2025
The Roza Hassad greenhouses near Doha, Qatar
Futuredoha

Roses In The Desert – How Qatar Hopes To End Its Dependence On Food Imports

by kethevane December 16, 2012May 22, 2025
Calcata in the Tuscan countryside, the former home to the most valuable relic of all?
Societyitaly

The Mystery Of A Vanishing Relic – Did The Vatican Steal The Holy Foreskin?

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 16, 2012May 23, 2025
In a village near Suleimaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan
Geopoliticsbaghdad

Letter From Kirkuk: How Oil Riches And Ethnic Divisions Threaten Fragile Peace In Iraq

by Bertrand Hauger December 16, 2012May 24, 2025
Food / Travelunited kingdom

The Greatest Extermination Of Rats The World Has Ever Known

by Bertrand Hauger December 16, 2012May 23, 2025
Sea visions
Futuresailing

Seeing Things At Sea: When Solo Round-The-World Sailors Start To Hallucinate

by Leo Tilmont December 15, 2012May 24, 2025
Geopoliticsunited states

World Leaders React To U.S. School Shooting

by Jeff Israely December 15, 2012May 21, 2025
Crime and corruption in Calcutta
Economyindia

Investing In India, Where Opportunties And Outlaws Seem To Be Everywhere

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 15, 2012May 22, 2025
Eyes on the U.S.united states

After Connecticut School Massacre, A Town And Nation Search For Answers

by Jeff Israely December 15, 2012May 21, 2025
Geopoliticsnew year

Pope Slams Gay Marriage. Where’s The Tweet?

by Julie Farrar December 15, 2012May 22, 2025
In the aftermath in Newtown, CT
Eyes on the U.S.united states

At Least 28 Dead At Elementary School In One Of Worst Massacres In U.S. History

by Jeff Israely December 14, 2012May 21, 2025
Societychina

Jackie Chan: Hong Kong Has Too Much Freedom

by Jeff Israely December 14, 2012May 23, 2025
Rebels might have left -- Congolese keep fleeing North Kivu
Geopoliticspolitics

After Rebels Leave Congo City, Everything And Nothing Has Changed

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 14, 2012May 22, 2025
The Hobbit world premiere in Wellington, New Zealand
Societyunited states

“The Hobbit” Review – Heavy-Handed Peter Jackson Trades In Faux Virtuosity

by Leo Tilmont December 14, 2012May 21, 2025
Bashar al-Assad highway billboard in Syria
Geopoliticssyria

Are U.S. Patriot Missiles Being Sent To Turkey-Syria Border Really Aimed At Iran?

by Emily Liedel December 14, 2012May 22, 2025
Economyberlin

Massive Raid On Deutsche Bank, Accused Of Destroying Evidence

by Bertrand Hauger December 14, 2012May 22, 2025
Futureunited states

Starry, Starry Night: Watch Geminid Meteor Shower’s Crazy Celestial Show

by Julie Farrar December 14, 2012May 23, 2025
Geopoliticschina

Twenty-Two Children Wounded After Attack On Chinese Primary School

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 14, 2012May 21, 2025
Get off the Internet -- if you can!
Futurechildren

Do You Have A “Right To Be Forgotten” On The Internet?

by kethevane December 14, 2012May 22, 2025
A video capture of two men in Cairo who say they were beaten by Muslim Brotherhood gangs last week
Geopoliticsegypt

Muslim Brotherhood Accused Of Secret Police Tactics, Torture

by Chris Arden December 13, 2012May 21, 2025
Societychina

Tires, Hugs And Kidneys: How Far Some Chinese Will Go To Have An iPhone

by Marion Girault-Rime December 13, 2012May 22, 2025
The Louvre at Lens
Societyart

Rust-Belt Louvre – Famed Museum Opens Branch In Forsaken Mining Town

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 13, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticsbrazil

Soccer Night Of Shame In Brazil

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 13, 2012May 23, 2025
Searching for free information in Burma
Futurejournalism

The Un-Wikileaks: New Website Spots And Spreads Info Already Censored

by Leo Tilmont December 13, 2012May 22, 2025
Taster-in-chief
Food / Travelchina

Presidential Kitchen Secrets – What State Menus Tell Us About World Leaders

by Julie Farrar December 13, 2012May 22, 2025
Kanaki teenagers in New Caledonia
Societysociety

A French Slice Of South Pacific, New Caledonia Faces Uncertain Future

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 13, 2012May 22, 2025
Merkel and Berlusconi 2009
Geopoliticsgermany

The Germany-Bashing And Conspiracy Theories Of Berlusconi’s Comeback

by Marion Girault-Rime December 13, 2012May 24, 2025
Geopoliticsjapan

Japan-China Dispute Escalates As Beijing Planes Fly Around Islands

by Chris Arden December 13, 2012May 22, 2025
Economygermany

EU Approves Joint Oversight Of Eurozone Banks

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 13, 2012May 21, 2025
Geopoliticsaustralia

Still Holed Up In London Embassy, Assange Launches Australian Political Career

by Marion Girault-Rime December 13, 2012May 23, 2025
Societyunited states

Paul McCartney To Join Nirvana Reunion Show – We Have The Setlist!

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 12, 2012May 21, 2025
Fabian Thylmann, geek turned porn king
Economygermany

YouPorn Founder Jailed: A German Geek’s Fast Track To Dominating Internet Pornography

by Bertrand Hauger December 12, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticsegypt

Voting For New Egyptian Constitution Has Begun – See The Ballot

by Bertrand Hauger December 12, 2012May 21, 2025
Peña Nieto last week with his top military officers
Ideasmexico

The Breakneck Pace And Big Ambitions Of Mexico’s New President Pena Nieto

by Emily Liedel December 12, 2012May 22, 2025
Workers in one of the clothing workshops in the Lodz ghetto
Societygermany

Holocaust Survivors In Standoff With German Government Over Reparations

by Marion Girault-Rime December 12, 2012May 24, 2025
Geopoliticssocial media

Pope’s First Tweet – Twitter Reacts To His Social Holiness With Snark And Glee

by Chris Arden December 12, 2012May 22, 2025
Floods in Rio de Janeiro
Geopoliticsukraine

Ukraine Wants Deal, Rio Floods, Mandela Interpreter Speaks

by Bertrand Hauger December 12, 2012May 22, 2025
Societyindia

“Godfather Of World Music” Ravi Shankar Dies At 92

by Bertrand Hauger December 12, 2012May 23, 2025
What's Wrong With Europe? A Chinese Observer Answers: France
Economyfinance

What’s Wrong With Europe? A Chinese Observer Answers: France

by Marion Girault-Rime December 12, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticssyria

“A Big Step” – Obama Recognizes Syrian Opposition

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 12, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticssouth korea

North Korea Declares Rocket Launch A Success

by Chris Arden December 12, 2012May 22, 2025
DHL trucks in Moscow
Economyrussia

The Reasons For Russia’s Trade Woes Are Stowed Inside That DHL Package

by Emily Liedel December 11, 2012May 22, 2025
Food / Traveleconomy

Lufthansa To Add “Premium Economy” Seats For Not-Quite-Business Class Clients

by Marion Girault-Rime December 11, 2012May 22, 2025
Fashion, Wang style
Societychina

Alexander Wang – Why Balenciaga’s New Top Designer Shuns The “Chinese” Label

by Jeff Israely December 11, 2012May 23, 2025
Public housing at Villeneuve de Grenoble
Societyeducation

How Japanese Exercise Brings Peace And Freedom To A Tough Corner Of France

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 11, 2012May 22, 2025
Societyunited kingdom

Why Is There A Giant Rubber Duck Floating Down The River Thames?

by Chris Arden December 11, 2012May 22, 2025
Societycinema

French Tax Dodger? Gerard Depardieu Adds To List Of Off-Camera Numbers

by Simon Benoit-Guyod December 11, 2012May 21, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya are constrained “temporarily” in makeshift camps
Societyviolence

Amidst The Ashes Of Buddhist-On-Muslim Ethnic Cleansing In Myanmar

by Julie Farrar December 11, 2012May 22, 2025
Welcome to El Gouna, enjoy your studies
Societyberlin

Fancy A Semester Under The Palm Trees? German University Moves To Egypt

by Marion Girault-Rime December 11, 2012May 22, 2025
Geopoliticsegypt

Calm Before Storm As Cairo Braces For Rival Protests

by Bertrand Hauger December 11, 2012May 23, 2025
Geopoliticsnelson mandela

Nelson Mandela Being Treated For Lung Infection

by Chris Arden December 11, 2012May 23, 2025
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Futureaustralia

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In Arafat’s Footsteps? Gauging The Ambitions Of Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal

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Geopoliticsviolence

German Church Study Says Sex Abuser Priests Rarely Pedophiles

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Mandela Memorial, Kiev Cleared, China Hackers

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Is It Better For Her? The Latest Science On The Female Orgasm
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Ideasitaly

Poor Italy – Why Super Mario Must Go, And Cynical Silvio Can’t Stay Away

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Geopoliticsegypt

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Australian DJs Speak Out After Infamous Royal Hoax

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Xi and Obama
Ideaschina

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Societymexico

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Ideasgaza

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Geopoliticsegypt

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Futuregermany

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Economyrussia

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Societyarab spring

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Geopoliticssyria

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Food / Traveldiplomacy

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Economychina

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Societybrazil

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Geopoliticsegypt

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Geopoliticssyria

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Societyunited kingdom

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Global Gourmetswitzerland

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Futuredoha

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Children playing in Rwanda
Societychildren

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Geopoliticsegypt

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Futurehealth

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Geopoliticsasia

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Economybrazil

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Economychina

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Societyart

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Economyswitzerland

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Societymarket

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Economycatalonia

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Food / Travelmexico

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Societychina

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FARC Rebels Attacked In Midnight Military Strike, 20 Dead

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Japan Orders Nationwide Probe After Deadly Highway Tunnel Collapse

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Mother Sends Son Named ‘Jihad’ To School Wearing ‘I Am A Bomb’ T-Shirt

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Touareg independence fighters
Geopoliticsmali

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Economycolombia

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Economychina

Why China Is Still So Far From A Free-Market Economy

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Maestro!
Societymusic

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