February 2012
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When a Country Cracks Down on Contraception: Grim... →
The U.S. is once again at battle over birth control. It started with President Barack Obama’s “compromise” on mandatory coverage for contraceptives and has evolved into national shouting match about faith, family and fundamental rights. At the center of it all is Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, a conservative Catholic who is against abortion — yes, even in cases of rape and incest...
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Crisis in Syria Looks Very Different on Satellite... →
While restrictions imposed by the Syrian government on reporting inside the country do make it difficult to verify the authenticity of claims by activists, other television networks, like the BBC, have managed to send reporters to Homs and other besieged towns to gather information and report on the situation firsthand. The coverage of the conflict on Press TV and Russia Today, by contrast,...
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WatchNightline Clip Provides Glimpse of Apple Foxconn Factories
Nightline’s Bill Weir is seen on the floor of Foxconn’s Chengdu factory as workers clad in fingerless white gloves and uniforms pull and scan boxed iPads from the line.
“Tens of millions of people around the world have opened one of those sublime, white boxes to marvel at the brilliance of the iPad, but no one from the...
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“If Western countries continue to fully support Syria’s opposition, then in...”
– Foreign affairs “expert” Qu Xing for China’s Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily
Via Reuters
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