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(Photo: U.S. Marine Corps / Public Domain)Going to war in Afghanistan has not saved us from terrorism and drugs
U.S. Marines with the 215th Corps Engineer Advisor Team, alongside engineers assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT) 7, observe their Afghan National Army engineer counterparts during a clearing operation near Camp Shorabak, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, March 16, 2013. The advisor team was there to mentor and advise the ANA heavy equipment operators on the proper use of their equipment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released)...Full Story

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(Photo: AP)Tourism in Egypt: Hope amid a slow recovery
General view showing an empty beach at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, Sunday, Dec.5, 2010. Security officials say a shark has killed an elderly German tourist at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, a few days after three Russians and a Ukrainian tourist were badly mauled in shark attacks....Full Story

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Gay marriage: news and teaching resources round up
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'Trying to level genders is purely idiotic', says Roman Polanski
Wellington, May 26: Famed French director Roman Polanski has criticized that the fight for female equality is a "great pity." | The 79-year-old Oscar-winner, who is at the Cannes Film Festival with his new film Venus in Fur, asserted that "trying to level...Full Story
Spring cleaning: Some items we'd like to sweep away this season
The hyacinth are in bloom, the sprinklers are hooked up and we can't ignore the warmer weather, our cue to sweep out the theoretical clutter of our lives and leave the deflated beach balls, busted bats and cans of dried-up paint in our garages  for another day. Her...Full Story
War and Peace : Modern Warfare and the West ............
Carl von Clausewitz theory of War | Carl von Clausewitz theory is obsolete despite the development of multiple international powers, regional powers and non state actors due to the progressive evolution contemporary humanitarian law. Article 2, Section 1 of the UN Chart...Full Story
'Trying to level genders is purely idiotic', says Roman Polanski
Tweet | Wellington, May 26 (ANI): Famed French director Roman Polanski has criticized that the fight for female equality is a "great pity." | The 79-year-old Oscar-winner, who is at the Cannes Film Festival with his new film Venus in Fur, asserted that "trying to level ...Full Story
Mosquito Myths: Misconceptions About The Insects And Their Diseases
Have plans to attend a Memorial Day BBQ this weekend? Along with the jean shorts and flip flops, you may have to break out mosquito repellant. Yes, along with the unofficial opening weekend of the summer season, this holiday is also the beginning of open season on a ver...Full Story
Polanski: No to equality, yes to skimpy dresses
Famed French director Roman Polanski complained that the fight for female equality is a "great pity" as his wife showed off some eye-popping cleavage at the Cannes Film Festival. | Polanski, who is at the festival with his new film Venus in Fur, said that "trying to lev...Full Story
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100 years on, Irish feminists have plenty to be proud of
The Irish Times In 1913, 100 years ago, Irish feminists were poised between two momentous events: the passage of the Third Home Rule Bill through the UK parliament in 1912, without a much hoped-for provision for female suffrage, and the outbreak of the first World W...
City Rep concludes 2012-13 season with “Greater Tuna”
The Oklahoman By Rick Rogers | email | The Texas community known as Tuna may be sparsely populated, but what it lacks in numbers is more than made up for by the outlandish personalities who call this area home. There's Elmer Watkins, head of the local chapter of t...
Creationism returns, rears its ignorant head in Ohio school district
The Examiner It has been tried before. Kelly Kohls, who is president of the district board, proposed that creationism be offered as supplemental instruction to other courses. However, the proposition died after parents objected and the ACLU threatened legal actio...
TV Review: Constitution USA Part III
The Examiner What is so difficult to understand when the 14th Amendment declares any person cannot be deprived of life, liberty, property and equal protection under the law? The amendment became necessary because in spite of having the Constitution and the Declar...
Barking Blondes: Oh no! Not another dog book!
The Independent Have you ever picked up a box of 100 books?  This week has found the two of us lugging around the equivalent of our combined weight, including the dogs, from boot of the car to one canine venue after another. | Yes, the annual dog show season is upo...
'Free Kate' campaign: Equal rights may mean 'more equal than others' (Video)
The Examiner The efficacies of a statutory rape charge in a consenting teenage relationship has always been one of those topics that can be argued convincingly from either side. We have all heard of those cases where a boy‘s life has been ruined because he was ...
Men, behave like women at work
New Straits/Business Times LEADERS: Men make better bosses – or so we were made to believe. However, a recent survey revealed that 66 per cent of people are convinced that the world will be a better place if men think more like women. Audrey Vijaindren talks to field experts...
Serena Williams aims to end long drought at French Open
The Los Angeles Times Serena Williams has won the French Open only once, and that was 11 years ago . . . and yet it is difficult to find anyone to pick against her this year. | The 31-year-old Williams, winner of 15 major titles including the 2012 U.S. Open, is on a 24-ma...
Lawsuit exposes Obama admin. plan to arrest and detain political opponents
The Examiner The WND story reports, “According to officials at Rutherford, the civil rights action names as defendants members of law enforcement and the government who were involved in last year’s episode where Marine veteran Brandon Raub, 27, was arrested b...
Heckled but happy: the graceful star of gay marriage debate
The Observer Margot James: 'A lot of people, especially older people, are concerned. When they know me and other openly gay MPs they think a bit more.' Photograph: Antonio Olmos for the Observer | If a career in diplomacy had attracted Margot James, it would no d...
Boden tries foreigners for size as label goes for growth
The Observer Still puppyish: Johnnie Boden, that is, pictured with his dog Sprout. | Boden is a very British fashion brand whose fans include David and Samantha Cameron. But now the label, known for its stripy T-shirts and sunny prints, is gearing up to challenge...
How Uganda's female writers found their voice
The Observer Beatrice Lamwaka: 'The only way I could deal with [my experience] was to write the stories we hadn't been able to tell.' Photograph: Elizabeth Day for the Observer | Beatrice Lamwaka was not yet a teenager when her 13-year-old brother, Richard, was a...
Lohengrin; Ariadne auf Naxos; La Donna del Lago – review
The Observer An 'ardent' Kate Lindsey (Composer) in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss at Glyndebourne. Photograph: Tristram Kenton | This was Wagner's big week. To celebrate his 200th birthday, his descendants once again got out the venom spray, aiming at his ...
Something in the Air – review
The Observer Link to video: Something in the Air: watch trailer here Something in the Air (Après Mai) Production year: 2012 Country: France Cert (UK): 15 Runtime: 122 mins Directors: Olivier Assayas Cast: Carole Combes, Clement Metayer, Felix Armand, Lola Creton...
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
The Observer Bill Murray as Franklin D Roosevelt in Hyde Park on Hudson: 'gets the physical nuances just so'. Photograph: Snap Stills / Rex Features | After the success of The King's Speech and the embarrassment of W.E., Albert and Elizabeth Windsor return to our...
Rewind TV: Panorama: Hillsborough – How They Buried the Truth; The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs; David Bowie – Five Years; Case Histories
The Observer Liverpool fans attempt to escape being crushed at Hillsborough, 1989. Panorama investigated the police cover-up. Photograph: Rex Features | Panorama: Hillsborough – How They Buried the Truth (BBC1) | iPlayer | The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs (C4) ...
The Anatomy of Violence by Adrian Raine – review
The Observer Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs: 'If actions are caused by physiological factors, where does that leave free will or the penal system?' Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar | Is rape an act of hate? Why are you 100 times more likely to be...
How wealth of Silicon Valley's tech elite created a world apart
The Observer Employees on the rooftop patio at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. Photograph: John Green/MCT | Every morning and every evening the fleet glides through the city, hundreds of white buses with tinted windows navigating San Francisco's rush hour....
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