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Philippines: 100-plus Dead In Quixotic Anti-Colonialism Martyr Mission

Muslim rebels fight boldly to create the ‘Bangsamoro Republik’ as a refuge from ‘America-installed Philippine colonialism.’

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  By GlobalPost's Patrick Winn BANGKOK, Thailand — The ragtag militants who stormed one of the Philippines’ major cities to carve out a new nation — an imagined state they call “Bangsamoro Republik” — must have known they were on a suicide mission. Following their initial Sept. 9 assault, armed rebels from the Moro National Liberation

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Child Mortality Rates Fall, But Millennium Development Goal Is Still Far Off

A report released by UNICEF Thursday says the world will not meet the UN’s Millennium Development Goal on child mortality until 2028.

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The number of children who die before their fifth birthday declined by nearly 50 percent between 1990 and 2012, from more than 12 million to 6.6 million, according to a new UNICEF report. Despite the good news, the world is not on track to reach the United Nations' Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to cut the 1990 child mortality rates by

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Syrian Refugees Raise Tensions In Fragile Lebanon

According to the UN and other aid agencies, around 1 in 4 people in Lebanon is a refugee, including the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians who have lived here for generations.

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QAB ELIAS, Lebanon — The United Nations refugee agency is preparing for an influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon as the United States prepares for military strikes against Syrian regime targets in Damascus and around the country. Several thousand new refugees have fled Damascus for Lebanon in recent days, worried not only about US air strikes

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Mood In Damascus: Weary Of War But More Wary Of West

Today, as its 1.7 million residents attempt to get on with their lives as the war rages at the city’s gates, the facade of normalcy is starting to crack.

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ISTANBUL, Turkey — As the potential for Western military strikes in Syria grows, residents of the Syrian capital Damascus are fearful, angry and with little hope for the future. Few in the embattled capital see immediate benefits in a short-term air campaign against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad — one US administration officials say would be

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Edward Snowden Granted Temporary Asylum In Russia, Leaves Airport

National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has received temporary asylum in Russia.

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National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has received temporary asylum in Russia, his legal representative said Thursday, and has reportedly left Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport for Russian soil. The offer of asylum from Russia’s Federal Migration Service, confirmed to various news agencies by lawyer and Public Chamber member Anatoly

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Obama Calls For Calm As Thousands Protest George Zimmerman’s Acquittal

As protests at Zimmerman’s acquittal broke out, President Obama urged Americans to reflect on how they could prevent another death like Martin’s.

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Thousands of people took to the streets across the United States on Sunday to protest the acquittal of George Zimmerman for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, prompting President Barack Obama to call for "calm reflection." Demonstrators in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and other cities demanded "Justice for Trayvon" after a jury on

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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Accuses Military Of Massacre After Morsi Supporters Shot Dead

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has accused the military of a « massacre » after more than 40 of its supporters were shot dead during a sit-in in Cairo.

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The Muslim Brotherhood has called for an "uprising" in Egypt after dozens of its supporters were shot dead in Cairo early Monday as they staged a sit-in in support of Egypt's deposed president, Mohamed Morsi. According to the Brotherhood, at least 53 people, including children, were killed outside the Republican Guard military compound in what

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