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The United States of Amerijuana

By Andrew Ferguson / Colorado Springs

Don't call it pot; it's "medicine" now. Dealers are caregivers, and buyers are patients ...

As China Courts Overseas Business, State-Owned Companies Often Take the Hit

By Chengcheng Jiang / Beijing

While the new Chinese-built Mecca Metro went off without a hitch during this year's Hajj, it has caused uproar back in Beijing since the state-owned China Railway Construction Corporation revealed that it suffered a $600 million loss on the project

Egypt's Elections and the Impersonation of Democracy

By Abigail Hauslohner / Cairo

Some contests in this weekend's parliamentary polls are heated and angry but all the noise helps mask the fact that only one political party is running the show

The Eternal City's Residents Fight Graffiti

By Stephan Faris

Volunteers have taken on the challenge of ridding the city's walls of graffiti, doing what their leaders can't — or won't — do. The Eternal City's residents join a fight against grime

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It is hard to imagine what uber-patriotic Republicans would be doing if Democrats were intervening on behalf of a foreign country against the United States government. But here we have the Republicans, newly tumescent with their House majority, attempting to interpose themselves on the side of Israel against the President. And here we have useful [...]

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Krav Maga: Israeli Self-Defense Goes Global

By David Kaufman / Netanya

Bored by the beach in Tel Aviv? Go take a lesson in the self-defense practice Krav Maga -- a workout that can literally save your life

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