Documentary: Bahrain: Shouting in the dark
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- 53rd Annual Morel Mushroom Festival in Boyne City, MI May 17, 2013Each May, Boyne City, MI fills with hundreds of mushroom lovers from around the country who come seeking that elusive delicacy-the marvelous morel. Found in nearby woods and clearings, morels are f...See it on Scoop.it, via TravellerSunish Sebastian
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- Rosenbergs executed for espionage: 19 June 1953 - This Day in HistoryAfter the failure of court appeals and of a worldwide campaign for mercy, husband and wife Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were put to death this day in 1953, becoming the first American civilians to be executed for espionage.More Events on this day:1963: Soviet cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova, the first woman to travel in space, returned to Earth in the spacec […]
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- Australian Love for Apple's iPad Threatened by Android, Surface Tablets June 19, 2013New data released by IDC research firm shows the steady decline of iPad's dominance in New Zealand and Australia markets. The latest statistics show that more customers prefer to buy tablets with Google's Android operating system like Google Nexus and Samsung Galaxy Note.
UN News Centre – Human Rights
- Praising advances in Serbia, UN official urges political will to solidify human rights gains June 18, 2013Visiting Serbia at "an important and transformative moment" in its history, the United Nations human rights chief today urged a steadfast focus on fundamental rights as she hailed a succession of political advances that augur well for the country itself and for the future of the wider region.
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Freedom House
- Freedom House Report: Authoritarian Regimes in Eurasia Lashing Out to Resist Change June 18, 2013Washington Photo Credit: Aziz Karimov June 18, 2013 - Mounting domestic pressure for democratic change in Eurasia was met with increasingly repressive policies by the region’s autocratic governments in 2012, according to the newly released edition of Nations in Transit, Freedom House’s annual analysis of democratic development from Central Europe to Central […]
Middle East Forum :: Writings
- The Politics of Muslim Magic June 17, 2013"Saudi Woman Beheaded for Witchcraft" read media headlines around the world on December 13, 2011. News reports described how a 60-year-old woman was executed after being convicted of practicing witchcraft on the basis of such evidence as books on
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- NSA director: U.S. surveillance program helped foil dozens of terror attacks June 18, 2013The Associated Press
News24 Opinions
- Bafana's flop raises questions June 18, 2013Bafana’s failure to qualify for next year’s Soccer World Cup in Brazil has taken our football back light years, says S'Busiso Mseleku.
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BBC News – Europe
- Obama to speak at Brandenburg Gate June 19, 2013US President Barack Obama arrives in Berlin at the start of a visit during which he will address crowds at the city's famous Brandenburg Gate.
Nature News & Comment
- Waterproof eggs let insects conquer dry landMembrane that protects eggs from drying out freed critters from need to stay close to water.Ed Yong
Amnesty’s global human rights blog
- A hospital in Amnesty’s office June 14, 2013Murat Çekiç, Director of Amnesty Turkey, on a sleepless week in Istanbul. As I write this, there are at least 10,000 people in Taksim Square, all protesting for 10,000 reasons. But here in our office, everything is calm. We had … Continue reading →Conor Fortune
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