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Analysis lostwonderStripping military bases of Confederate names stirs passions | The Atlanta Voice
Civil War history casts a long shadow in Virginia, the birthplace of Confederate generals, scene of their surrender and now a crossroad of controversy over renaming military bases that honor rebel
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2 days ago
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Let computers do it: Film set tragedy spurs call to ban guns
NEW YORK (AP) — With computer-generated imagery, it seems the sky’s the limit in the magic Hollywood can produce: elaborate dystopian universes. Trips to outer space, for those neither astronauts nor billionaires.
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2 days ago
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China is removing domes from mosques as part of a push to make them more 'Chinese'
China is removing domes and minarets from thousands of mosques. Authorities are taking down overtly Islamic architecture as part of a "sinicization" push to make them seem more traditionally Chinese.
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4 days ago
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Apple Safari browser might become the new Internet Explorer
WebKit engine is well behind the competition
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9 days ago
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‘Brutal aggression’: Venezuela halts talks with opposition after envoy extradited to US
Alex Saab, an ally of president Nicolás Maduro, was extradited to face money laundering charges after a 16-month legal battle
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11 days ago
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Sir David Amess: Conservative MP stabbed to death
A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
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13 days ago
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Amazon copied products and rigged search results, documents show
A trove of Amazon documents reveals how the company ran a campaign in India of creating knockoff goods and manipulating search results to boost its own products.
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2 weeks ago
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UN's top court sides mainly with Somalia in sea border row with Kenya
The UN's top court handed Somalia control of most of a potentially oil and gas-rich chunk of the Indian Ocean on Tuesday after a bitter legal battle with Kenya, which strongly rejected the ruling.
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2 weeks ago
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China-Taiwan tensions: Xi Jinping says 'reunification' must be fulfilled
Taiwan dismisses the Chinese leader's remarks, saying its future lies in the hands of its people.
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2 weeks ago
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Poland stokes fears of leaving EU in 'Polexit'
By challenging the core primacy of EU law, Poland fuels concerns it is heading towards the exit.
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3 weeks ago
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Google to introduce search 1,000 times more powerful than current engine
MUM platform will combine data from text, images and video for tailor-made results
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3 weeks ago
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Venezuela introduces new currency, drops six zeros
Venezuela has for years seen some of the world’s worst inflation, complicating cash transactions amid economic crisis.
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3 weeks ago
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The Amish live simply, but don't confuse them with environmentalists
Many Americans view the Amish as living simply and in touch with the land, but their views about the environment are complicated and not always ‘green.’
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1 month ago
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Swiss vote 'yes' to same-sex marriage | DW | 26.09.2021
Swiss same-sex couples have won the right to marry after voters overwhelmingly backed its legalization in a referendum. The vote was brought about by conservative politicians opposed to LGBTQ+ marriages.
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1 month ago
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How The United States Ended Up With Two Right-Wing Parties
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1 month ago
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Volcano erupts on Atlantic island; lava threatens some homes
LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Spain (AP) — A volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to speed up evacuations for 1,000 people as lava flows crept toward isolated mountain homes.
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1 month ago
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Putin’s United Russia party set to retain majority as parliamentary elections wrap up
President Vladimir Putin's party was set to retain a majority in parliament as Russia on Sunday wrapped up a three-day election in which most Kremlin critics were barred from running.
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1 month ago
Comment lostwonder
Is this the follow-up to weenie in the bottle?