A picture taken at a protest in Rio de Janeiro allegedly showing police pepper spraying an innocent woman has aggravated tensions between protesters and police in Brazil.
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Hannah Beech plays on Sinophobic fears. Here's why China will not overtake the United States any time soon.
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Syria and nuclear politics are two reasons that Washington has to start talking with Teheran. Not doing so can turn out to be very dangerous for all.
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Protesters showed up in masses across the Brazil, from the country's largest metropolis of São Paulo to the nation's capital of Brasília, where protesters marched on the roof of Congress.
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PolicyMic’s Anna Therese Day interviews award-winning investigative war reporter, Jeremy Scahill, on his new film, 'Dirty Wars.' In Part 2, they focus on the Al Awlaki family.
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A nonpartisan look into the protests in Brazil. What are the people complaining about? What should the protesters keep in mind while protesting? And how can Brazil move beyond the protests?
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Syria's conflict is an ethnic war parallel to the 15-year civil war in Lebanon and the decade-long conflict in Iraq.
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Turkish government officials have recently threatened to deploy the Turkish army to end protests. Doing so would only fuel the fire burning within protesters and their sympathizers.
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Lyudmila Putina is beginning a new life as a divorcée. Kremlin-watchers around the world are guessing where she’ll go — but first we have to figure out, quite literally, where she’s been.
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After three weeks of protest and a brutal crackdown, is Turkey still welcome in the EU? And if so, does the Erdogan government care?
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If the past decade has taught us anything, it's that regime change is easier said than done.
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He has to share power with the ayatollah, so it's unlikely that Rohani can singularly make radical changes. But it does seem as if his presidency will make things better for the Iranian people.
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Paul's attempt to craft a new kind of Republican foreign policy could foreshadow his 2016 plans.
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After the French intervention in Mali, interesting revelations have been discovered about the world's most infamous terrorist organization.
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The new president-elect of Iran, Hassan Rohani, pledged Monday to follow a “path of moderation” in dealings at home and abroad, including greater transparency over the Iranian nuclear program.
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The G8 may be set up for a stressful few days, as various conflicts have come to the forefront of the international arena.
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The Australian army chief released a stern video this week that may serve as a model for the U.S. to follow on combating the epidemic of sexual harassment.
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Questions are still being raised over whether Nidal Hasan should be tried as a U.S. soldier or an enemy combatant, but picking the latter would play into his hands.
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With the immense problem of human trafficking, is buying local the way to go for prostitution?
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Austria's extraction of UN forces from the Golan Heights may turn into a regional crisis, unless policymakers rush to prevent any potential conflict.
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Obama isn't arming the Syrian rebels for humanitarian reasons. It's a shot across the bow at Iran and its new president: We're coming for you.
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With Russia dismissing claims that Assad has crossed President Obama's "red line," another Cold War seems inevitable.
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Senator John McCain's constant insistence on military intervention proves you simply can't teach an old dog new tricks.
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The man responsible for one of the most consequential leaks of classified documents in history will be online today, at 11 a.m., in an ask-me-anything session.
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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has severed ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime two years into the brutal Syrian conflict. Is this more than just political posturing?
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