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Islamic State militants capture Iraq's largest dam
Sunni gunmen stormed the Mosul Dam Thursday, forcing Kurdish troops to retreat.
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Briefing Khmer Rouge conviction: 4 questions about Cambodia's historic ruling
The two most senior living leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime were convicted today of crimes against humanity, the first major convictions in a marathon war-crimes tribunal. More than 1.7 million people died under the regime.
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Terrorism & Security Russia: Import ban will benefit the country, make people healthier
Russia's ban on food and agricultural imports comes in retaliation for US and European sanctions over Ukraine. Russia is expected to release a full list of the products it is barring today.
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Pistorius an 'appalling witness,' prosecutor says
The prosecution in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial presented final arguments in court Thursday. Defense final arguments take place Friday.
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Snowden can stay in Russia another three years, lawyer says
Edward Snowden, who leaked classified National Security Agency documents showing US surveillance on citizens and foreign leaders, has not been granted political asylum.
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Boycotts and browbeating of Israel: What’s changed since the last Gaza war?
In contrast to the quieter international reaction after the last Gaza war in 2008-2009, more countries are suspending diplomatic ties, enacting arms embargoes, and openly criticizing Israel.
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With Russian troops at border, tensions mount in Ukraine
As the Ukrainian army moves east, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces pressure to send the Russian army into Ukraine to support eastern rebels. Additional Western sanctions would be likely if Russia intervened militarily in Ukraine.
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Rebels in Ukraine reportedly down another military plane
According to Ukrainian media the same missile system was used to down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Ukraine's air force has lost several planes during months of fighting in eastern Ukraine.
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Micah Clark offers injured vets an outdoor challenge – and new friendships
Camp Patriot prods injured US military veterans to get out and get on with life.
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West Africa steps up response to Ebola as press calls for more
Press in West African countries hit by Ebola are reporting on the challenges for health care providers and criticizing local and government responses.
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Global News Blog With world's cheapest gas, Venezuela eyes price hike
The last time motorists saw the price at the pump change was 1996, when the government raised the cost of gasoline to about 6 cents per gallon.
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Passport, job, marriage still out of reach for many Dominicans, despite new law
A law paving a path to citizenship for Dominican-born individuals of foreign descent has been praised internationally. But difficulty of getting crucial national ID documents is likely to leave many vulnerable.
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Change Agent Tom Osborn, inventor of 'green' charcoal, proves you’re never too young to innovate
18-year-old Kenyan Tom Osborn founded GreenChar, which makes clean-burning smokeless cooking charcoal from agricultural waste.
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Islamic State persecution of Yazidi minority amounts to genocide, UN says
Tens of thousands of Yazidis have taken refuge on a mountain in Sinjar province after Islamic State fighters overran their town and other areas, pushing out Kurdish paramilitary forces.
Photos of the day 08/07
Australian Ballet dancer Kismet Bourne climbs out of an empty oceanside pool in Sydney after she and three other dancers took advantage of the empty pool to promote their February 2015 production of Swan Lake.
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Backchannels For Israel in Gaza, a war of choice and an uncertain outcome (+video)
Viewing the enemy as a monster only motivated by hate – and only capable of responding to maximum force – can lead to error.
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Global News Blog With world's cheapest gas, Venezuela eyes price hike
The last time motorists saw the price at the pump change was 1996, when the government raised the cost of gasoline to about 6 cents per gallon.
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Reality Check Behind Assad's victory boasts, a recalibration of success in Syria
With the help of its allies, the Syrian Army has regained critical territory from armed rebels. But talk of victory obscures the fact that parts of the country may be irretrievable.
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Africa Monitor Sahelistan loot: Al Qaeda sucks $125 million in ransoms (+ video)
Despite official denials, European nations list hostage ransoms as 'development assistance.' In 2003 a hostage cost $200,000; today the figure reaches $10 million: New York Times investigation.
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Under the Radar Nigeria's Boko Haram targets top leaders at home and abroad (+video)
Boko Haram last week tried to assassinate a moderate Muslim prayer leader and a leading contender for Nigeria's presidency. Its latest abductee is the wife of Cameroon's deputy prime minister Amadou Ali.
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Latin America Monitor El Salvador struggles to keep business investment at home
In order to kickstart El Salvador's economy, convincing local investors to keep their money at home could be critical first step.
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Terrorism & Security Russia: Import ban will benefit the country, make people healthier
Russia's ban on food and agricultural imports comes in retaliation for US and European sanctions over Ukraine. Russia is expected to release a full list of the products it is barring today.
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Olive Press Classroom brings a rare, welcome 'escape' for refugees in Lebanon
Syrian and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon face a multitude of hurdles to complete their educations, like obtaining books or taking exams recognized by their home country. One charity has stepped in to help.
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Change Agent Tom Osborn, inventor of 'green' charcoal, proves you’re never too young to innovate
18-year-old Kenyan Tom Osborn founded GreenChar, which makes clean-burning smokeless cooking charcoal from agricultural waste.
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Micah Clark offers injured vets an outdoor challenge – and new friendships
Camp Patriot prods injured US military veterans to get out and get on with life.
- Change Agent Tom Osborn, inventor of 'green' charcoal, proves you’re never too young to innovate
- Change Agent Davi Kopenawa fights for his tribe's survival in the Brazilian rain forest
- Change Agent 10 young people who are making food better
- Change Agent Musu Clemens-Hope shares tools to blunt the allure of extremism
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UN Millennium Development goals: World cuts extreme poverty in half
UN Millennium Development Goals report shows how 'bold targeting' has reduced the gap between boys and girls attending primary school, malaria mortality, and the number of people living without improved water sources.
- Obesity among young children fell 43 percent in past decade, CDC says (+video)
- Antismoking crusade has saved 8 million lives in 50 years, study says (+video)
- Poland takes top honors for 'most improved' in cutting red tape
- Neither heat nor gloom ... Afghan post office delivers
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Terrorism & Security Russia: Import ban will benefit the country, make people healthier
Russia's ban on food and agricultural imports comes in retaliation for US and European sanctions over Ukraine. Russia is expected to release a full list of the products it is barring today.
- Terrorism & Security Russia calls for humanitarian mission to Ukraine as Poland sounds a warning (+video)
- Terrorism & Security Afghan military academy shooter kills US general in 'green-on-blue' attack
- Terrorism & Security 'Mission accomplished': Temporary truce in Gaza sets stage for Israel-Hamas peace talks in Egypt (+video)
- Terrorism & Security Israel's temporary 'ceasefire' already on shaky ground (+video)
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Allowing Afghanistan's future to be hijacked
Are Afghans being sent the message that there is no point in democracy?
- Why religious tensions are spiking around the globe
- Antarctica and the Arctic: A polar primer for the new great game
- Zambian entrepreneur cashes in on local copper boom
- Food aid: Is there room for local sourcing?
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Global News Blog With world's cheapest gas, Venezuela eyes price hike
The last time motorists saw the price at the pump change was 1996, when the government raised the cost of gasoline to about 6 cents per gallon.
- Global News Blog Why women in Turkey are laughing at Deputy PM's advice
- Global News Blog Foreign leaders line up to see Argentina’s ‘Dead Cow’
- Global News Blog In this Israeli-Palestinian standoff, rift is deeper
- Global News Blog Why did someone pay a hefty $122M for a struggling Venezuelan newspaper?
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Islamic State militants capture Iraq's largest dam
Sunni gunmen stormed the Mosul Dam Thursday, forcing Kurdish troops to retreat.
- Pistorius an 'appalling witness,' prosecutor says
- Snowden can stay in Russia another three years, lawyer says
- With Russian troops at border, tensions mount in Ukraine
- On the offensive, Kurdish forces attack Sunni militants (+video)
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West Africa steps up response to Ebola as press calls for more
Press in West African countries hit by Ebola are reporting on the challenges for health care providers and criticizing local and government responses.
- Africa Monitor Sahelistan loot: Al Qaeda sucks $125 million in ransoms (+ video)
- As famine and violence loom, is this South Sudan's last chance for peace?
- Nigerians, already embattled by Boko Haram, scramble to contain Ebola threat (+video)
- Africa Monitor In Nigeria, a civil war within Islam
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Passport, job, marriage still out of reach for many Dominicans, despite new law
A law paving a path to citizenship for Dominican-born individuals of foreign descent has been praised internationally. But difficulty of getting crucial national ID documents is likely to leave many vulnerable.
- US export? Central America's gang problem began in Los Angeles
- Latin America Monitor El Salvador struggles to keep business investment at home
- Latin America Monitor With HIV regime-change ruse in Cuba, another black eye for USAID
- Why child migrants head to the US
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Khmer Rouge conviction: 4 questions about Cambodia's historic ruling
The two most senior living leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime were convicted today of crimes against humanity, the first major convictions in a marathon war-crimes tribunal. More than 1.7 million people died under the regime.
- Opposition gains in Cambodia may portend crack in strongman's power (+video)
- As China counts earthquake toll, an olive branch from Tokyo (+video)
- Why South Korea is throwing 10,000 Choco Pies at the DPRK
- Xi Jinping's anticorruption in China drive snares a tiger (+video)
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Why did India block the first global trade reform in 19 years?
The country stunned WTO negotiators by its last-minute objections to a deal to cut red tape and reduce tariffs.
- John Kerry's passage to India. Why is he going now? (+video)
- Why do Indians like Pakistani soap operas so much?
- For Pakistani minority sect, a tentative Eid celebration
- NGOs in India on tenterhooks after accusatory government report
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Rebels in Ukraine reportedly down another military plane
According to Ukrainian media the same missile system was used to down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Ukraine's air force has lost several planes during months of fighting in eastern Ukraine.
- Sour apples in Russia? Putin moves to ban food imports from West. (+video)
- UN: Nearly a million Ukrainians have fled fighting in east (+video)
- How do the events of World War I still affect us today? Take our quiz.
- From the Monitor archives: Britain declares war on Germany in WWI
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Islamic State persecution of Yazidi minority amounts to genocide, UN says
Tens of thousands of Yazidis have taken refuge on a mountain in Sinjar province after Islamic State fighters overran their town and other areas, pushing out Kurdish paramilitary forces.
- Boycotts and browbeating of Israel: What’s changed since the last Gaza war?
- As Gaza war ebbs, Israeli Arabs feel under threat
- In this Gaza neighborhood, a possible Israeli war crime (+video)
- Iraq's jihadis have vowed to wipe out the Yazidis. Who are they? (+video)
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Watch great white sharks trying to eat an underwater robot
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Russia: Import ban will benefit the country, make people healthier
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Briefing Khmer Rouge conviction: 4 questions about Cambodia's historic ruling
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Islamic State persecution of Yazidi minority amounts to genocide, UN says
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Briefing Iraq's jihadis have vowed to wipe out the Yazidis. Who are they? (+video)
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