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China Puts Former Security Chief Under Investigation
China’s ruling Communist Party announced an investigation into a feared ex-security chief on Tuesday, demonstrating President Xi Jinping’s firm grip on power and breaking a long-standing taboo against publicly targeting the country’s topmost leaders.
Jul 30, 2014 - 11:21:16 AM
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Media Watchdog Asks Why WSJ Reporters Deleted Twitter Photos Implicating Hamas in War Crimes
Two reporters in Gaza for The Wall Street Journal have deleted photographs that implicate Hamas in war crimes, namely using the Al Shifa hospital as a military headquarter
Jul 30, 2014 - 11:10:17 AM
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Inside Xi Jinping's Purge of China's Oil Mandarins
Oil executive Jiang Jiemin rose to power in Communist China in time-honored fashion: by hitching his star to a mighty mentor.
Jul 29, 2014 - 8:13:52 AM
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Saudi Official Says Hamas Responsible for Deaths in Gaza; Columnist Calls for Peace With Israel
The former head of Saudi intelligence services Turki al Faisal said that Hamas was responsible for “the crimes Israel has committed in the Gaza Strip,” according to a report by Israeli news website NRG.
Jul 29, 2014 - 8:07:40 AM
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Hanging Out with Syria's Mysterious French Mercenary
My first encounter with Kalen was awkward. The night I arrived in Syria, he walked into the safehouse like he owned the place, put down an AK-47, un-holstered a pistol, and peeled off his heavy navy blue flak jacket. Like everyone in Aleppo, he was covered in dust. But unlike most fighters here, he was clean-shaven and had a teddy bear strapped to his vest
Jul 29, 2014 - 7:51:35 AM
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