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A statue of Hafiz Al-Assad stand guard over a public square in Homs, Syria (Photo by MintPress).

Tortured Propaganda: Manipulating The Syria Narrative

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Hindu Religious Sacrifice Helps Temples, Beauty Industry Profit

The temples reap millions in profit from the religious sacrifice, while the donors, many of whom are poor, never see so much as one cent for their hair.

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke
Indian women collect water from a broken pipe in a slum on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

What lengths will hair manufacturers go to in order to obtain real human hair? As hair extensions once again surge in popularity, there have been renewed calls to educate the public on where a lot of this hair comes from. Though some hair extensions come from animals and others are synthetic, a lot of the higher-end hair extensions from

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Bombings Rock Egyptian Capital,Killing 5

A string of bombings hit police around Cairo on Friday.

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بواسطة Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — A string of bombings hit police around Cairo on Friday, including a car blast that ripped through the city's main police headquarters and wrecked a nearby museum of Islamic artifacts. Five people were killed in the most significant attack yet in the Egyptian capital at a time of mounting confrontation between Islamists and the

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South Sudan, Rebels Sign Cease-Fire

The past five weeks of fighting have killed thousands and displaced an estimated half million residents.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — South Sudan's government and rebels signed a cease-fire deal Thursday that leaders hope will put a pause to five weeks of warfare that has killed thousands of soldiers and civilians. The peace deal represents the first real progress since political friction turned violent Dec. 15, fueling countrywide battles with

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Could 40 Million Angry Netflix Users Help Save Net Neutrality?

Popular streaming video service threatens to mobilize its customers against telecom assault on open internet

Jon Queally
بواسطة Jon Queally

The online video streaming company Netflix—which this week surpassed business world expectations by announcing a surge in viewership with paying membership close to 40 million U.S. customers—may seem like an unlikely ally to grassroots activists and progressive organizations fighting against the nation's largest telecommunications companies in the

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More Than 2,400 Dead As Obama’s Drone Campaign Marks Five Years

Five years ago, on January 23 2009, a CIA drone flattened a house in Pakistan’s tribal regions. It was the third day of Barack Obama’s presidency, and this was the new commander-in-chief’s first covert drone strike.

Jack Serle
بواسطة Jack Serle
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks about the fiscal cliff, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Five years ago, on January 23 2009, a CIA drone flattened a house in Pakistan’s tribal regions. It was the third day of Barack Obama’s presidency, and this was the new commander-in-chief’s first covert drone strike. Initial reports said up to ten militants were killed, including foreign fighters and possibly a ‘high-value target’ – a successful

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Texas, Louisiana Governors Say They’re Open To Marijuana Reform

Beverly Fox, who suffers from severe arthritis and an eye condition similar to glaucoma, puffs on a pipe filled with marijuana(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) On Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) declared “we will end the failed drug war.” On Wednesday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said he would be open to legalizing medical marijuana […]

Kiley Kroh for Think Progress
بواسطة Kiley Kroh for Think Progress
This file photo shows an elderly woman who suffers from severe arthritis and an eye condition similar to glaucoma, puffing on a pipe filled with marijuana.

On Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) declared “we will end the failed drug war.” On Wednesday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said he would be open to legalizing medical marijuana if it were tightly controlled. And on Thursday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) hinted at support for decriminalizing marijuana in Texas. The comments from three

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