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Arab Spring, American summer: Foreign students visit Michiana, tell their stories
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- Menna, 20, paid no attention to politics until the Egyptian revolution started on Jan. 25, 2011. "We never imagined the president would be overthrown," said the young medical student, who lives in Sohag, a city about 240 miles from Cairo,...Tags: Egyptian Revolution (2011-12), Tunisia, Elections, Separation of Church and State, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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9 reported wounded in house party shooting, fight
APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say nine people have been wounded amid a shooting at a birthday party in a central Florida home after a fight erupted. The Orange County sheriff's office says the fight broke out late Saturday among teens attending...Tags: Apopka, Politics, Health, Florida, Orange County (Florida)
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Thai webmaster gets 13 years in prison
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court has sentenced the administrator of an anti-government website to 13 years imprisonment on charges of defaming the monarchy and violating the computer crime act. The Criminal Court on Tuesday gave Thanthawut...Tags: Crimes, Government, Computer Crime, Politics, Punishment
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Child badly hurt when Amish buggy hit in S. Indiana
PAOLI, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say an eight-month-old child was badly injured when a car struck an Amish buggy on a rural road in southern Indiana. The Orange County Sheriff's Department says the crash happened Sunday night on a county road a...Tags: Politics, Head Injuries, Health, Injuries and Wounds, Louisville
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COLUMN-Some cracks in the technocrat cult-Chrystia Freeland
Reuters(Chrystia Freeland is a Reuters columnist. Any opinions expressed are her own.) By Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In...Tags: Government, Restraint of Trade, Newspaper and Magazine, Science and Technology, Harvard University
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Column: Some cracks in the technocrat cult
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In government, the technocrats are on top, too. From Washington to Frankfurt to Rome, technocrats have stepped in where...Tags: Government, Restraint of Trade, Newspaper and Magazine, Science and Technology, Harvard University
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On the road to plutocracy
A couple years back my wife and I visited San Francisco, and forgetting how cold that city can be I neglected to bring a light windbreaker. My problem was solved by a street vendor at Fisherman's Wharf who sold me a jacket for eighteen bucks. I still wear...Tags: Government, Religion and Belief, Taxation, Elections, Freedom of the Press
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Pankaj Mishra: China's developmental state says no to liberalism
Modern history is the story of how liberal democracy, originating in Britain and America, spread around the world. This may sound like an absurd fantasy. In actuality, this Whiggish narrative of progress underpins most newspaper editorials, political...Tags: Democracy, Pension and Welfare, Arts and Culture, Culture, Xi Jinping
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Bucharest
ReutersBUCHAREST (Reuters) - Got 48 hours to explore Romania's capital and its eclectic mix of western architectural ideas, eastern imagery, 20th century totalitarian megalomania and buzzing nightlife? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors...Tags: Religion and Belief, Artists, Customs and Tradition, Music, Arts and Culture
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There's a difference between communism and socialism
Doesn't anyone in this country know the difference between communism and socialism? Russia had communism, or whatever it is called now, and Sweden has socialism. I have been to both places and they are not the same by any means. Sweden has its share...Tags: IKEA, Politics, Russia
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Special Report - In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims
ReutersSITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue. Swift treatment...Tags: Government, Religion and Belief, Islam, Illegal Immigrants, Prosecution
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Hans M. Wuerth: 'Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people'
When on Jan. 30, 1933, then-German President Hindenburg appointed Hitler as the country's chancellor, it changed German as well as world history. Twelve years later, Hitler ended his own life, but not before millions of victims had perished. Several...Tags: Government, Artists, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Nazi Party, Moravian College
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