Some churches have promised to sever their relationship with scouting, but others have been more supportive.
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Don't be fooled by pro-war propaganda. It is imperative that President Assad is not removed from power if secularism is to survive in the Middle East.
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Israeli female soldiers are in hot water after posting photos of themselves on Facebook wearing little more than their underwear and sparse military gear.
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Women protested alongside men in the Egyptian revolution, but now women's rights are in danger. Now Turkish women are protesting, but they have a better chance of making change.
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The stonings will continue until morale improves! Feel free to leave your feedback in the box.
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An Italy focused on its young people is an Italy likely to emerge from the European recession stronger and better positioned to capitalize when economic conditions rebound.
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The EU will collapse due to burdensome regulations, uncontrolled immigration, and a centralization of power among those who know nothing of the real world.
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The international community has spent billions of dollars on peacekeeping efforts the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Can the UN and World Bank finally bribe the DRC to stop the violence?
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The IMF has admitted to serious mistakes in its handling of the Greek debt crisis. However, with deep flaws in the Eurozone unresolved, is the Troika just postponing the inevitable?
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While Erdogan's popularity in Turkey and in surrounding nations remains strong, his increasing intolerant actions towards any form of dissent are hypocritical and detrimental for his own legacy.
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The entire gaming world is waiting with bated breath for next week, the most important Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) since the conference went public in 2009.
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Judge Nissim Yeshaya thoughtlessly offered the opinion that "some girls like to be raped" during a court case. Then he tried to justify it.
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U.S. documentarian Tim Tracy has been released from a Venezuelan jail due to lack of evidence supporting allegations he destabilized the country, spied, and provoked unrest.
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President Morsi's crackdown of critics continues, as one of Egypt's most prominent activists is sentenced to six months in jail for speaking out against him and his administration.
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While I may not be ethnically Turkish or a citizen of the republic, what's happening in the streets of Istanbul should be important to all millennials who value democracy and human rights.
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Recent reports show that the number of private contractors in Afghanistan is growing, dwarfing the number of U.S. troops, and the Pentagon has no idea whether their presence is effective or not.
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These new faces in the Obama administration could change the president's direction on foreign policy.
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One Friday these two presidents will meet for the first time as heads of state. This meeting will be a break from recent history and has potential to transform US-China relations.
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As President Obama & China's Xi Jinping prepare for the strategic summit in California, China wants more respect from the U.S. in exchange for pushing the North Koreans to return to negotiations.
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Samantha Power will be named the next U.S. ambassador to the UN. This has caused a controversy since Power has also been accused of suggesting that the U.S. invade Israel.
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Syria is entering the third year of its civil war and the violence is spilling over the entire region. How can the international community avoid that region slides into chaos?
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The United Nations' attempts to stop the international arms trade usually end up fruitless, and the U.S. is right to go it alone.
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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, accused of murdering 16 Afghan civilians in cold blood in 2012, plead guilty on Wednesday in a deal to avoid the death penalty.
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The country's secular past might be jeopardized, and that matters.
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Twenty-five Twitter users were detained by police on charges of spreading propaganda and inciting demonstrations, but that won't deter the thousands of Turks who are protesting via social media.
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