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Chile Is Pushing Ahead With A Carbon Tax, Whether The US Likes It Or Not

Chile is set to pass South America’s first tax on CO2 emissions, but Washington’s top diplomat in Santiago says US businesses should have a say.

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SANTIAGO, Chile — The United States government is taking a strong public position on climate change. By now everybody's heard it: The White House has recognized that climate change is already being felt in many corners of the US, and the worst is yet to come. One of Barack Obama's major plans for cutting America's greenhouse gas emissions is to

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No, Beijing’s South China Sea Offensive Isn’t About Oil And Fish

… contrary to widespread reports. And that’s why the conflict matters to Americans.

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  HONG KONG — Conflicts have recently escalated between China and its Southeast Asian maritime neighbors over rocks, reefs, shoals and islets in the South China Sea. Last week, Hanoi released video footage of its vessels being rammed by the Chinese Coast Guard after Vietnam tried to block China’s attempt to commence drilling for

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Marital Rape Is Officially Legal In India

A new ruing just confirmed a significant hole in India’s sexual assault laws.

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A judge in India has officially confirmed that rape laws do not apply to married couples — once you’re legally wed, forced sex is no longer a crime. What’s especially chilling is that the judge, Virender Bhat, was hearing a case in which a woman alleged she had been drugged, then forced to marry, and then raped — in other words, she hadn’t

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A Little Known Chinese Tycoon Is Preparing To Build A Canal Across Nicaragua

Yup, a rival to Panama’s canal. And he’s breaking ground this year. Here are 7 things you should know.

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SHANGHAI, China — Does the world really need another canal allowing freighters to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic? Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega thinks so. In June 2013, he signed a deal to grant a 50 year concession to a Hong Kong-based company to build a rival to the Panama Canal across his country. Construction is due to begin in

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The US Is Now Deporting Its Decorated, Even Wounded, War Veterans

At most funerals for US veterans, the flag is presented ‘on behalf of a grateful nation.’ Not so for these former soldiers.

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TIJUANA, Mexico — Decorated Vietnam veteran Hector Barrios died April 21 at his home in Tijuana, Mexico. The next day, a funeral service held in his honor was adorned with the black and yellow insignia of his unit, the famed 1st Cavalry Division. Crisply uniformed veterans folded an American flag into the shape of a tri-corner hat to present to his

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Myanmar Authorities Stoke Embers Of Conflict At The Scene Of Muslim-Buddhist Riots

For three days, Meikhtila was a bloody hell. Now it’s in angry limbo.

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MEIKHTILA, Myanmar — “For three days,” Khine recalls, “our town was hell.” As the 32-year-old waitress tells it, the nightmare began with masked men waving Buddhist banners. Then came vigilantes, with torches and blades, butchering families and setting neighborhoods alight. When the smoke cleared, Khine’s once-sleepy town was a disaster zone.

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Taiwan Police Clash With Hundreds Of Anti-Nuclear Protesters

The protesters demanded the government scrap plans to begin operation of The protesters demanded the government scrap plans to begin operation of Taiwan’s nearly completed fourth reactor.’s nearly completed fourth reactor.

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Police in Taiwan fired water cannons on Monday to disperse hundreds of anti-nuclear protesters refusing to give up their campaign despite a government pledge to halt work on the island's fourth nuclear power plant. The protesters had been occupying a main Taipei boulevard since Sunday, demanding the government scrap plans to begin operation of

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