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10 influential authors who came to the US as immigrants
These 10 immigrant authors have all made significant contributions to US literature and culture.
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International Women's day: 3 challenges women face around the world
Issues such as violence, inequality at work, and traditional expectations confront women on every continent around the world. Here is a sampling of challenges women faced this year:
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3 ways you can combat sex trafficking
It is estimated that 27 million slaves are being held worldwide, with the most common form being sexual exploitation of women and girls. What can be done about this global and complex problem? Here are three key ways that you can make a difference.
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Five energy challenges for Venezuela
With the passing of Hugo Chávez, the issue of what Venezuela chooses to do with its oil moves to center stage for the energy industry – and for environmentalists. Here are five energy challenges that Venezuela will have to face.
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11 essential books for dog lovers
Here are 11 must-read books for dog lovers.
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Push grows to blacklist Spain over digital pirating
More than 90 percent of downloaded music and 44 percent of software is pirated in Spain. Some trade associations want to see it blacklisted by the US, but Spain says it needs more time.
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From wooden skis to Olympic hopefuls: Why Pakistan's Air Force is training skiiers
In Pakistan's isolated Naltar Valley the Pakistani Air Force is training children who learned to ski on wooden planks tied to boots with wire for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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India's 'human safaris' banned, as fight for tribal rights goes on
India finally halted the practice of allowing tourists to ogle the native tribes of a secluded Island in the Andaman Islands. But with a growing tourism industry there, the battle might not be over.
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Out of the sheds: Women fight segregation in rural Nepal
For generations, the custom of chaupadi forced menstruating women to sleep outside of their homes in small sheds or in the family stable.
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Volcanic eruptions might lessen greenhouse effects
Chemicals emitted during volcanic eruptions might have helped reduce the effects of global warming, suggests new research. A larger volcano could have a much bigger cooling effect.
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'Stoker' employs cinematic tricks that don't impress
'Stoker' centers on precocious India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska), who is unnaturally fixated on her mysterious uncle.
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Coming for Cameron? Poor showing in bellwether vote rattles Conservatives
The mood in Prime Minister Cameron's party is grim after it came an embarrassing third in the battle for a parliamentary seat in Eastleigh, a city the party sees as key to its fortunes in 2015.
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Terrorism & Security Sentencing of Islamist leader brings unhealed rifts to surface in Bangladesh
Thousands in Bangladesh protested the death sentence handed to an Islamist political leader for crimes committed during the independence war. At least 40 were killed in the clashes.
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Editor's Blog Finding the true focus
In an age of all-too-easy digital manipulation, there are good reasons to suspect the veracity of a visual image. But there's another kind of photographic truth-telling needed: focusing beyond dramatic scenes of conflict and suffering and fairly showing the people of the world without stereotypes.
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Bangladesh sentences Islamist party leader to death, riots leave at least 30 dead (+video)
A special tribunal in Bangladesh today sentenced a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party to death for crimes during the nation's 1971 war for independence. Party supporters rioted.
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Energy Voices Why globalization is energy intensive and wreaks havoc on oil prices
Globalization uses up finite resources like oil and coal more quickly, Tverberg writes. It also increases carbon dioxide emissions and acts to increase world oil prices, she adds.
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Is the 'Internet of Things' the way of the future?
Imagine a world where you can control your coffeemaker from your tablet or turn off toys from your phone. That world is around the corner, according to tech industry CEOs.
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Decoder Wire Chuck Hagel sworn in as Defense secretary. Will he be sorry? (+video)
The office for Chuck Hagel is palatial, his responsibilities extraordinary, his staff vast. But his job is also probably the second most difficult in the executive branch after the presidency itself.
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Little telescope to hunt big game: hard-to-see near-Earth asteroids
Canada's NEOSSat space telescope was launched Monday atop an Indian rocket. It will monitor two groups of asteroids whose proximity to the sun makes them hard to see from Earth.
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What's big at Mobile World Congress 2013
New hardware, gadgets, and business partnerships are creating buzz at Mobile World Congress, and it's only day one.
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Small Canadian satellite to hunt big space rocks
A suitcase-sized Canadian spacecraft launched Monday aboard an Indian rocket is designed to spot large asteroids that cross paths with our planet.
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Warming climate could cut labor capacity by 10 percent, study finds
US scientists warned that heat stress-related labor capacity losses will double globally by 2050 if the Earth's temperature rises by another 1.8 degrees F.
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India launches asteroid-hunting spacecraft, tiny telescopes
India launched seven satellites on Monday, including the first spacecraft designed to hunt large space rocks.
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'Life of Pi’s' Oscars give limelight to Taiwan (+video)
When Ang Lee, who won an Oscar for directing 'Life of Pi,' announced that he couldn’t have done the movie ‘without the help of Taiwan,’ the island cheered.
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For Taliban victims, Pakistani peace talks feel like betrayal
Recently, the Pakistani government and Taliban forces in the country have expressed interest in peace talks. But for thousands of civilians who have been injured or lost a loved one at the hands of the Taliban, the idea is abhorrent.
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Hitler on Indian ballot? Frankenstein, Hitler among those running for election in Indian state
Hitler on Indian ballot: This 54-year-old father of three has won three elections to the state assembly with little controversy over being named after the Nazi dictator.
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Terrorism & Security Hyderabad: Indian government warned of impending terrorist attack
The Indian government said that it had received intelligence indicating an attack was in the works, and informed local police in several cities, among them Hyderabad, two days before the bombing.
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Three sisters killed in rape attack in India
Three sisters killed: Three young girls, all sisters, were raped and killed in a village in India. Initially, local police did nothing. Now 30 investigators are hunting for the killers.
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Difference Maker
Anshu Gupta brings 'clothing for dignity' to IndiaHis nonprofit group, called GOONJ, collects and gives away used clothing. The twist: The needy 'pay' for their clothes by doing service work in their communities.
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Does Cameron's decision not to apologize for 1919 massacre really matter?
During his visit to India, the UK prime minister paid his condolences to the hundreds of civilians killed at Amritsar by British troops, but he did not make an official apology.
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