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U.S. Killing More Civilians In Iraq, Syria Than It Acknowledges

“You build in your countries and destroy in ours?” said one man who lost his father in the bombing at al Gharra. “Is this how you bring democracy? Stop it. Really, stop it. People are tired.”

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A Kurdish boy, center background, walks between buildings that were destroyed during the battle between the U.S. backed Kurdish forces and the Islamic State fighters, in Kobani, north Syria. The Kurdish town on the Turkish-Syrian border is still a haunting, apocalyptic vista of hollowed out facades and streets littered with unexploded ordnance - a testimony to the massive price that came with the victory over IS.

ISTANBUL — Al Gharra is a mud-brick village built on hard, flat Syrian desert and populated by the descendants of Bedouin. It is a desolate place. Everything is dun colored: the bare, single-story houses and the stony desert they stand on. There is not much farming — it is too dry — just a few patches of cotton and tobacco. Before the war,

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White Americans Are The Biggest Terror Threat In The United States

Almost twice as many people have died in attacks by right-wing groups in America than have died in attacks by Muslim extremists.

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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2010 file photo, Jeff Hall holds a Neo Nazi flag while standing at Sycamore Highlands Park near his home in Riverside, Calif. On Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Sandy Huffaker)

White Americans are the biggest terror threat in the United States, according to a study by the New America Foundation. The Washington-based research organization did a review of “terror” attacks on US soil since Sept. 11, 2001 and found that most of them were carried out by radical anti-government groups or white supremacists. Almost twice as

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China’s Craze For Fancy Chairs Is Killing The World’s Forests

China is “effectively exporting deforestation around the world.”

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A worker stands amid a pile of logs at a holding area along the Yangon River on Thursday. Myanmar has adopted measures in recent years to rein in the illegal timber trade while demand remains robust for rosewood and teak.

CHENGDU, China — While China clamps down on logging within its borders, illegal Chinese loggers are felling the world’s forests with abandon for the sake of teak floors and fancy chairs. In late July, 153 Chinese nationals were sentenced to life in prison for illegal logging in Myanmar’s northernmost Kachin state, a region rife with coveted teak,

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India’s Going To Stop Arresting People For Stuff They Post On Facebook

A 2008 law allowed authorities to arrest people for offensive social media posts. India’s top court just changed that.

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The logo of the social network "Facebook" is reflected in the pupil of an eye. (Photo: Joerg Koch /DAPD) NEW DELHI, India — India's top court struck down a law on Tuesday that gave authorities powers to jail people for offensive online posts, a verdict hailed as a victory for free speech in the world's largest growth market for the

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Israel Holds Potentially Game-Changing Election

After today, Netanyahu could be out. And even more remarkably, there is a chance that for the first time in Israel’s history, a coalition of Arab political parties could gain significant power.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands with his wife Sara as he speaks to the media, after voting in Israel's parliamentary elections in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2015. Israelis are voting in early parliament elections following a campaign focused on economic issues such as the high cost of living, rather than fears of a nuclear Iran

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13 Species We May Have To Say Goodbye To In 2015

We have only ourselves to blame.

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British broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough once asked: “Are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?” This year marked the 100th anniversary of the death of the last passenger pigeon, Martha, who managed to survive only 14 years in captivity after her species became

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Egypt’s Arab Spring 2.0

Egyptians Take To The Streets After Hosni Mubarak Acquitted For 2011 Protester Deaths

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Protesters returned to Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Saturday, flouting a ban on protests, after an Egyptian court tossed out charges against ousted president Hosni Mubarak for the deaths of almost 900 protesters during the country’s 2011 uprising. In an interview shortly after the court’s decision, Mubarak said that he did “nothing wrong at

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