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Twelve Too Many
On May 14, the Gaza protests hit fever pitch as the United States opened its new embassy compound in Jeruslaem. Israeli security forces killed 62 people during a Palestinian attempt to storm the fences. A Hamas spokesperson confirmed later that 50 of those victims were members of Hamas, which is internationally recognized as a terrorist…
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Wash U and its Community
BY MADELEINE SHER I was coming up the stairs from doing laundry in the basement when I hear a loud, raucous yelling from a large group of people. I went into the kitchen and looked out the window and saw them all in the street, just in front of the old Delmar Transit station. This…
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For Now, Iranian Stoning on Hold
For four long years Ms. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been awaiting her fate, at the mercy of the Iranian Islamic Republic. Sentenced to death by stoning in 2006 to the questionable charges of adultery and being an accomplice in the murder of her husband, she has been held in prison, knowing very little about what…
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Radical Islam 1, South Park and Free Speech 0
Just last week… Comedy Central has done many outrageous things over the years, from inflicting viewers with so-called apologies for “comedies” like “Krod Mandoon” to canceling “Reno 911”, but their latest decision to censor the most recent episode of “South Park” is just unacceptable. Kowtowing to the not-so-delicate threats the New York-based group Revolution Muslim…
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Mexican Drug Violence Escalates
Mexico’s northeastern region has seen a persistence of the violence spike that began earlier this year, evidenced in the hotel abduction of at least 6 people in one of the region’s premier business cities, Monterrey, a feat that occurred this Wednesday. At 3 a.m., attackers entered the hotel with a hostage and began looking through…
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Russia, Poland Face Strange Times
A key Russian Federal judge was publicly murdered this morning, in what was the latest in a series of strange but significant events to affect the country these last few weeks. First was the Metro bombing in late March, in which Chechen rebels killed several dozen civilians. Then, president Obama secured an unexpected agreement from…
