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Top British Spy Warns of Terrorists’ Use of Social Media – NYTimes.com
Top British Spy Warns of Terrorists’ Use of Social Media – NYTimes.com. LONDON — One of Britain’s highest-ranking intelligence officials on Tuesday castigated the giant American companies that dominate...
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The Ultimate Fatal Attraction: 5 Reasons People Join ISIS-Carnegie Middle...
The Ultimate Fatal Attraction: 5 Reasons People Join ISIS-Carnegie Middle East Center. The Ultimate Fatal Attraction: 5 Reasons People Join ISIS-Carnegie Middle East Center The appeal of the Islamic...
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U.N. Set to Cut Force in Darfur as Fighting Rises – NYTimes.com
U.N. Set to Cut Force in Darfur as Fighting Rises – NYTimes.com. UNITED NATIONS — Under intense pressure from the government of Sudan, the United Nations is planning to shrink its floundering...
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When Women Become Terrorists – NYTimes.com
When Women Become Terrorists – NYTimes.com. SINCE the terror attacks in Paris two weeks ago, the French police have been on the hunt for Hayat Boumeddiene, the partner of Amedy Coulibaly, one of the...
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‘Small girl’ with explosives strapped to her kills five
‘Small girl’ with explosives strapped to her kills five. A young girl with explosives strapped to her killed five people and wounded dozens at a security checkpoint outside a market in the northeast...
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Hezbollah’s operations in west Africa – Blogs – Jerusalem Post
Hezbollah’s operations in west Africa – Blogs – Jerusalem Post. Last Thursday, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on three Lebanese individuals – Mustapha Fawaz, Fouzi Fawaz and Abdallah...
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Where Terrorism Research Goes Wrong – NYTimes.com
Where Terrorism Research Goes Wrong – NYTimes.com. “TERRORISM is increasing. According to the Global Terrorism Database at the University of Maryland, groups connected with Al Qaeda and the Islamic...
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Billion dollar ivory and gold trade fuelling DR Congo war: UN – Times LIVE
Billion dollar ivory and gold trade fuelling DR Congo war: UN – Times LIVE. “Militarised criminal groups with transnational links are involved in large-scale smuggling” of “gold, minerals, timber,...
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ISS Africa | Beyond rhetoric: the role of women in sustainable peacebuilding
ISS Africa | Beyond rhetoric: the role of women in sustainable peacebuilding. “A high-level review of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 1325, expected to be released in October this...
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Parsing the Iran Deal
Parsing the Iran Deal. “On July 14, 2015, Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) concluded a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) concerning the future...
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EU Gives Africa U.S.$2 Billion to Stop Migration
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are among African countries that will benefit from a $2.04 billion (€1.8 billion) emergency fund set up by the European Union to address the causes of migration and...
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The Troubles Are Back – The New York Times
Peace in Northern Ireland relied on a flawed power-sharing deal that set sectarian divisions in stone. Source: The Troubles Are Back – The New York Times LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland — IT is widely...
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Ibrahim Index: Democracy in Africa remains stagnant as Zimbabwe makes...
Mauritius has retained its top slot as the leading democracy in Africa, while Somalia lagged at the furthest end, according to the 2015 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG). Source: Ibrahim...
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Isis Inc: how oil fuels the jihadi terrorists – FT.com
“This is the land of Isis, the jihadi organisation in control of swaths of Syrian and Iraqi territory. The trade in oil has been declared a prime target by the international military coalition...
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How to Fight ISIS – The New York Times
“The mass murder of civilians in Paris has inevitably reignited the debate over using military force in the Middle East to attack the Islamic State. The debate, like anything that gets tangled up in...
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Syria air strikes: How we got to this point – BBC Newsbeat
This is what Syria looks like now. Source: Syria air strikes: How we got to this point – BBC Newsbeat More than 250,000 Syrians have been killed, including nearly 12,000 children, according to the...
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W. African leaders seek ban on full-face veil to prevent attacks – Yahoo News
West African leaders said Thursday they were seeking to “forbid” women wearing full-face veils in an effort to curb the growing number of female suicide bombers unleashed by Boko Haram jihadists....
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Blogger BlogThis! – Saved
The Jan. 2 execution of Saudi Shiite cleric and political activist Nimr al-Nimr has escalated sectarian hostilities in the Middle East to dangerous new levels. Following the sacking of a Saudi embassy...
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Peacekeeping is a tool for political, not military solutions – Eliasson |...
United Nations peacekeeping is “a tool to advance political, not military, solutions to conflict,” Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson told the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations. He...
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The Democracy Activist Who Became a Suicide Bomber – WSJ
An idealistic young Egyptian who helped lead the Tahrir Square protests died three years later in Iraq as an Islamic State jihadist. “Five years ago, Ahmad Darrawi was one of the idealistic young...
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