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Graphic content: when photographs of carnage are too upsetting to publish
The onslaught in Gaza and the MH17 crash scene in Ukraine have generated thousands of pictures, many of which show the gruesome reality of the violence. How does the Guardian's head of…
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Fathers and Sons in Gaza
In Gaza, men like Yasser Abu Jamei and Eyad Sarraj are both mental-health practitioners and sources of hope for Palestinians.
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6 Latin nations support Moscow over U.S. sanctions
Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Bolivia are siding with Russia in its complaint that U.S. economic sanctions against Moscow over the downing of a Malaysian airliner…
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Cry for Gaza
How refreshing, a top U.S. government official for once speaking the truth about the latest example of Netanyahu's Israel scant regard for Palestinian lives.
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The deafening silence around the Hamas proposal for a 10-year truce
During its first 14 days, the war in Gaza has left a toll of over 500 dead, the vast majority of whom civilians, and many more injured. Not taken into account by Western media was that…
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NBC News pulls veteran reporter from Gaza after witnessing Israeli attack on children
Ayman Mohyeldin, the NBC News correspondent who personally witnessed the killing by Israel of four Palestinian boys on a Gazan beach, has been told by NBC executives to leave Gaza…
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Dying in Gaza
Israel has the right to self-defense, says the writer. Surely. But he goes on to question what definition of self defense could justify the kind of massive military action being carried…
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BRICS agree to base development bank in Shanghai
The leaders of the Brics countries took another step toward carving a larger role for themselves in the global financial system when they agreed Tuesday to base a new development bank…
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Spain won’t pardon Carromero over Payá’s death
The Spanish government will not pardon Ángel Carromero, the Popular Party politician who drove the car that crashed in Granma, Cuba, on July 22, 2012, killing his Cuban passengers,…
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Postwar philosophy
Maybe you don't know it, but the World Cup is over. Little matters what happens on Sunday; little matters that Germany does what almost everyone expect from it and pummels this badly…
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