Day: September 25, 2012

News

CIA Agents Responsible for Abducting Terror Suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr from a Street in Milan in 2003 May Now Face Extradition

  Italy’s highest criminal court sustained a lower court’s guilty verdict in the case of 23 Americans connected to the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program. The CIA agents responsible for the kidnapping of Egyptian terror suspect cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr from a Milan street in 2003 may face extradition. Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr was taken to […]

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Fashion

London Fashion Week 2012

The Guardian UK’s Five Talking Points video from London’s 2012 Fashion Week.   [The Guardian]

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North Korea News Today

Documentary Video Inside North Korea – The World’s Most Secretive State

This documentary video takes the viewer inside of one of the world’s most repressive regimes. While internationally North Korea is known for bringing relations between it and the South to the brink, among human rights workers it is the most brutal regime on Earth. Individuality, freedom of expression, religion, or any basic human rights are […]

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News

The Merger of BAE and EADS: A Dance Between Atlantic Partners

Two of the defense industry’s largest European concerns, EADS (owner of Airbus) and BAE are rumored to be in discussions about a merger between the two companies. Such a merger would create a defense firm larger than American companies Boeing and Lockheed but the proposal to unite the two is fraught with political concerns on […]

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News

Caracas: Venezuela’s Capital and Most Violent City

Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Dozens are murdered every week and numbers are typically higher than in Baghdad, Iraq with less than 7% of cases going to court. The Guardian‘s Sean Smith reports from a hospital in Caracas in the above documentary.

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The Hurun Rich List in China Reports Fewer Chinese Billionaires This Year than Last

The Hurun Rich List in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) reports that the number of Chinese billionaires has decreased this year with only 251 people making the list while 271 were on it last year. In 2006 only 15 billionaires were on the Hurun Rich List but this year marks the first time in […]

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Music

Dave Matthews Band (DMB)If Only

Track Number 8 from Dave Matthews Band’s newest album, Away From the World. Click here to listen to the song on iTunes.

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News

Libyan Leader Mohammed Magarief Vows to Disband Libya’s Independent Militia’s

Libyan leader Mohammed Magarief vows to disband Libya’s independent militia’s in an effort to centralize Tripoli’s power according to a report from the BBC.

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North Korea News Today

Pak Jong Suk’s Unlikey Odyssey: One Defector’s Journey from North Korea to South Korea and Back Again

Rarely does a defector from the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea return to the North, but the case of Pak Jong Suk is a curious one: Having defected from the North in 2006, Pak has returned from South Korea to the DPRK a propaganda star for the regime. The 66-year old returnee is described […]

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