CNN: U.N.'S Ban Urges Syria To Implement Peace Plan
Syria's president must immediately implement a peace deal designed to end the year-long bloody government crackdown, the U.N. secretary-general said on Thursday.
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REUTERS: BRICS Flay West Over IMF Reform, Monetary Policy
Leaders of the BRICS group of emerging market nations pressed Western powers to cede more voting rights at the IMF this year and flayed the rich world's reflationary monetary policies for putting global economic stability in jeopardy.
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USA TODAY: CEO Pay Rises Again In 2011, While Workers Struggle To Find Work
Executives who successfully steered their companies through the quagmire of recession are now reaping their rewards — although some CEOs might have hoped there would be more.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Weather Runs Hot And Cold, So Scientists Look To The Ice
Some people call what has been happening the last few years “weather weirding,” and March is turning out to be a fine example.
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES: Churches Step Up Environmental Activism
God is going green. With a Bible in one hand and a protest sign in the other, many religious activists are now moving in lockstep with the environmental movement in the fight against oil and gas drilling.
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SALON: Permanent War Sidewalk Sale
I thought I had stumbled into a movie set about martial law in America. The beige wide-body Humvee parked right outside the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Wednesday featured a roof-mounted machine gun that seemed to be aimed at staffers headed to work, healthcare reform protesters headed to the Supreme Court, and the occasional wandering tourist.
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THE ATLANTIC: Recovery, Part III: Why These 20 Cities Are Leading The New Economy
Welcome to the third phase of America's uncertain upswing. First the recovery was jobless. Second it was spiky. Where will the next phase take us -- and what cities are ready to lead?
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THE DAILY BEAST: How Katy Butler, ‘Bully’ Documentary’s Teen Crusader, Was Bullied
Katy Butler was teased mercilessly when she came out as a lesbian in middle school. Now she’s pushing the petition to drop the film’s R rating and show it to kids who are hurting.
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THINK PROGRESS: Pakistani Acid Attack Victim Commits Suicide Because ‘There Was No Justice Available To Her’
Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus committed suicide earlier this month, jumping out of a sixth floor window of a building in Rome. Younus, whose face was severely disfigured from the attack, received dozens surgeries in last decade. Her ex-husband, Bilal Khar, allegedly committed the crime. The AP described Khar as “an ex-lawmaker and son of a political powerhouse.”
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THE GUARDIAN: Japan Hangs Three Prisoners After 18-Month Stay Of Executions
Japan has carried out its first executions in more than 18 months, hanging three death row inmates on Thursday and angering campaigners who believed the country was moving towards abolition of the death penalty.
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THE HUFFINGTON POST: Jim Yong Kim: 'We Can Eradicate Global Poverty In Our Lifetimes'
In a subtle rejoinder to his critics, the U.S. nominee for president of the World Bank says that economic growth can help alleviate poverty.
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THE FINANCIAL TIMES: Obama And Romney Open Fire On Foreign Policy
The Obama and Romney campaigns have fired the first substantive foreign policy shots in this year’s election campaign, setting up a fierce debate over the coming months about Russia, Iran, Israel and defence cuts.
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