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Furor over film capturing harassment on hidden camera in Belgium
World NowThe airing of the documentary, Femme de la Rue, ignited a firestorm last week in Belgium and France over the unwanted attention that many women report getting in the streets. The furor appears to be fueling real action: The Belgium interior minister... -
54 African migrants die trying to reach Italy on inflatable boat
World NowAfrican migrants die of thirst at sea trying to reach Europe, according to UNHCR: An Eritrean man was the sole survivor when an inflatable boat trying to reach Italy was lost at sea, according to the UNHCR. The man, found floating on the remains of the... -
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LA Times MagazineTom Schnabel and Jordan Peimer riff on world music, audience pleasers...and what doesn't sell in L.A.... -
Egyptians begin voting in pivotal runoff election
World NowCAIRO -- A tense Egypt began voting Saturday in the runoff to choose a new president amid a tightening military grip and fears that the result will not lift the nation from decades of authoritarian rule. The choice is stark, if unsettling: Muslim... -
Gul drops in, talks up the Turkish political model
World NowTurkish President Abdullah Gul came to California this week after addressing the NATO summit in Chicago and talked up the Turkish political model.... -
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Unpredictable to the end, Moammar Kadafi ruled Libya for decades
In the modern pantheon of the world's dictators, Moammar Kadafi stood apart. Far apart.
Erratic and mercurial, he fancied himself a political philosopher, practiced an unorthodox and deadly diplomacy, and cut a sometimes cartoonish figure in flowing...Tags: Civil Unrest, Coffee, National Security, George W. Bush, Metal and Mineral
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Former dissident sworn in as Tunisia's president
World NowMoncef Marzouki, former dissident and veteran human rights activist, is sworn in as Tunisia's new president. Tunisia inspired the so-called Arab Spring uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East.... -
Christianity has become less European over past century, study says
World NowA new study finds that the Christian percentage of the world's population has remained fairly steady over the last century, but its distribution has changed dramatically, with just 25% now found in Europe.... -
Christmas Eve in Bethlehem: A hub of activity
World NowThousands of people flocked Christmas Eve to Manger Square to celebrate the birth of Jesus in this West Bank city, the cradle of the Christian faith where Christ was born 2012 years ago.... -
Video said to show jobless Moroccans setting themselves on fire
World NowGraphic amateur video footage said to show unemployed young Moroccans setting themselves on fire in the capital Rabat surfaced this week during widespread demonstrations over lack of opportunity in the North African nation.... -
A million face severe malnutrition in the Sahel, UNICEF warns
World NowA hunger emergency looms in the Sahel: Half a million children face starvation in the Sahel if help doesn’t arrive on time, according to humanitarian agencies. A recent UNICEF survey in the Sahel forecast a million cases of severe malnutrition...
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