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A History of Syria

The civil war in Syria stands out among the recent uprisings in the Middle East for its longevity and brutality. The nation of Syria, an old nation at the center of events in the Middle East, faces untold scores of casualties and depravities when it seeks to rebuild after the fighting is over. This video […]

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Amazing Architecture: The Construction of Dubai’s Palm Islands

Dubai is known as the height of excess but it is also one of the world’s centers for innovative construction methods and architecture. The construction of Dubai’s trademark Palm Islands exemplifies this. When Dubai sought to construct islands of sand in the middle of the Arabian Gulf it took on a land reclamation task unlike […]

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The World’s Most Rapid Economic Transformation: The Emergence of Modern China

The world’s second largest and fastest growing economy, the People’s Republic of China, has transformed itself from a near-medieval, third-world nation consisting largely of peasant farmers into the world’s largest manufacturing power on the planet. The transformation has almost occurred overnight – with many of China’s sleepy villages demolished in favor of brand new cities […]

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The King of Cannabis: Latest Vice Documentary Explores the World of Marijuana Breeding

The latest full-length Vice documentary, The King of Cannabis, explores the world of marijuana breeding with a particularly focus on Arjan Roskam, a world-famous marijuana breeder based in Amsterdam who could become the world’s first billionaire because of his development of high-end strains of marijuana.

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Sisa: A Poor Man’s Cocaine with Athens in Its Grip

In the wake of the financial crisis that paralyzed the world economy in 2008 and which wrought financial chaos on the euro zone, no European nation is featured in the news as much as Greece, the beleaguered and heavily-indebted Mediterranean state that has watched its society collapse as the state’s ability to combat social ills […]

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The Rise of China

The rise of the People’s Republic of China has caused the largest geopolitical shift since the emergence of the United States as a world power following World War II. What can the world expect from a prominent and powerful China and how will Chinese power influence the direction of world economic and political development? Less […]

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