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Thursday, 20 November 2014

Western Media Obsessed With Kurdish Female Fighters Battling ISIS

Women fighting in the ranks of the armed Kurdish forces have come into the spotlight as ISIS has made large territorial gains in Mosul, and battled to take control of the autonomous Kurdish canton of Kobane.

Western Commentators Still Getting Turkey's Gezi Park Protests Wrong

"The spirit of solidarity and unity came not from the need to support a bygone autocrat against a modern one, but from a desire to launch an experiment in direct democracy," writes Efe Levent.

The New York Times Joins Clamor to Change US Policy Toward Cuba

The newspaper called on President Obama to make a litany of changes to the country's foreign policy toward its neighbor, including ending its embargo and resuming diplomatic relations.

Recycling Workers Are Leading the Zero Waste Charge in Brazil

Recycling workers have spearheaded the launch of a national Zero Waste Alliance in Brazil, which seeks to have all materials of a product be reused, recycled or composted.
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