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• Larry Summers and the Secret "End-Game" Memo - by Greg Palast

  

  By Greg Palast for Vice MagazineThursday, 22 August 2013When a little birdie dropped the End Game memo through my window, its content was so explosive, so sick... Read more

  The 23 August 2013 by   Lowell
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• Union Busting in Mexico? Not Exactly

  

  Mexico has a somewhat tarnished reputation in the eyes of the global public. Americans blame illegal Mexican immigrants for pushing wages down and crime up. Read more

  The 23 August 2013 by   Thepoliticalidealist
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• When Karachi Bleeds, Pakistan’s Economy Bleeds

  

  The former capital of Pakistan, Karachi, has an ethnically and religiously diverse population of more than more than 22 million, making it the 8th largest city... Read more

  The 22 August 2013 by   Center For International Private Enterprise
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• Adam Frank on Politicization of Scientific Truth in U.S. Culture: Applications...

  

  Adam FrankIn an op-ed statement in today's New York Times, Adam Frank maintains that Americans are now living in an age of denial in which scientific truth has... Read more

  The 22 August 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• East European Defence: Flexing Its Muscles

  

  // ON A bluff close to the River Vistula in Warsaw stands Poland’s military museum. A collection of tanks, aircraft and artillery pieces pays tribute to a... Read more

  The 22 August 2013 by   Stizzard
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• ACT Scores Show Educational Deficiencies

  

  About 1.7 million students (or 54% of America's graduating seniors) took the ACT test this year, and those scores, because of the large number of students takin... Read more

  The 22 August 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Mashco Piro Tribe Emerges From Forest

  

  Rare glimpse of one of world's most isolated tribes Read more

  The 21 August 2013 by   Ningauble
  

• Sixfold Increase in Americans Giving up Passports

  

  The ignorant view of renunciation Image in public domain Bloomberg has a gloomy article about a sixfold increase in the number of Americans giving up their... Read more

  The 21 August 2013 by   Ovid
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• A Third of European Holidaymakers Can’t Place Destination on a Map (INFOGRAPHIC)

  

  Millions of British holidaymakers book trips to sun-drenched foreign destinations – but have no idea where they are on the map, according to research. Read more

  The 21 August 2013 by   72point
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• Today, from Al Gore to Al Jazeera America

  

  At the beginning of 2013, Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, owners of Current TV sold their cable network to the royal family of Qatar, to become Al Jazeera America. Read more

  The 20 August 2013 by   Doggone
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