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What happened in May 27 – June 2nd 2013?

Last week was a week of civil unrest. While Turkey went up in flames and tear gas in last week’s protests all over the country, Egypt’s top court rules that Islamist-dominated Senate and the panel that...

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What happened in June (3 – 9) 2013?

Last week was a week of civil criticism. While the Turkish protests continued, with more and more major news headlines (like the New York page ad protesters bought via crowdfunding) and – most...

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What happened in June (10 – 16) 2013?

Whistleblowing is the new black, or so it seems since last week. The world had not known of NSA until last week, and when it did, it said: “We really need to wake up. This is serious stuff. The...

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What happened last week: 24 – 30 June 2013

Leaked e-mails reveal that Standard and Poors and Moodys accepted money for higher ratings before the financial crisis; the United States taps half a billion phone calls, emails and text messages in...

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WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK: 8 – 14 JULY 2013

Hero Fukushima ex-manager who foiled nuclear disaster dies of cancer: It was Yoshida’s own decision to disobey HQ orders to stop using seawater to cool the reactors. Instead he continued to do so and...

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What happened last week: 15 – 21 July 2013

While Pres. Jimmy Carter defends Snowden, saying: “America has no functioning democracy”, the media continues to focus on Snowden rather than the information he’s revealed; Norwegian rape victim...

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What happened last week: 22 – 28 July 2013

Bananas thrown at Italy’s first black minister; Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out: “The number of escaped inmates has reached 500, most of them were convicted senior members...

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What happened last week: July 29 – August 4 2013

Uruguay to become first nation to fully legalize marijuana; Saudi activist receives 7-year sentence, 600 lashes for insulting Islam; Japan has launched the world’s first talking robot into space to...

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What happened last week: 5 – 11 August 2013?

More than 150 civil society organisations from around the globe are asking President Barack Obama to end the prosecution of Edward Snowden; Man who created own credit card sues bank for not sticking to...

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What happened last week: 19 – 25 August 2013?

Orders to destroy Guardian harddrives came directly from PM David Cameron; Brazil passes a law that reserves the nation’s oil royalties for education and health care: “Historic victory.”; The new...

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What happened last week: 2 – 8 September 2013?

Saudi Arabia sent 1239 death row inmates to fight with Al Qaeda in Syria with a full pardon and monthly salary; Romanian government changes environment law to allow Canadian mining company to start...

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What happened last week: September 30 – October 6 2013?

US Government has shut down and because of that: South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor will defer payments due from US federal employees impacted by the partial government shutdown; Switzerland...

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What happened last week: 21 – 27 October 2013?

First 3D printers arrive to Haiti, quickly put to use making umbilical cord clamps and other hard-to-obtain medical gear; China smog emergency shuts city of 11 million people. The smog is so bad, ‘You...

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What happened last week: 4 – 11 November 2013?

China discovers that pollution makes it really hard to spy on people – 20 million surveillance cameras are now useless; Mexico Mayor killed for ‘standing up to drugs cartel’; Swiss study says Polonium...

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What happened last week: 11-17 November 2013?

‘What’s it like working with Mexican drug cartels?’ Banking giant JPMorgan cancels Twitter Q&A after thousands of abusive tweets; an eight-year-old girl in China is the youngest living person to be...

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What happened last week: 18 – 24 November 2013?

Iran nuclear deal reached; United States paid more than $150 million to companies in Afghanistan that are accused of financing terrorist attacks on American soldiers and facilities; A man who decided...

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What happened last week: November 25 – December 1st 2013?

Top-secret document reveals: NSA spied on porn habits of ‘radicalizers’; World’s lawmakers endorse making political corruption a Crime Against Humanity, at United Nations UNCAC; Italy’s Senate expels...

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Good News About the Middle East You Might Have Missed in 2013

There are enough bad news stories about the Middle East. But where are the positive ones? Here is my list of some of the best news about the Middle East that you might have missed this year. You’re...

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What happened last week in the Middle East? (13 – 19 January 2014)

I present Your Middle East’s weekly news check up, summarizing key events from the past 7 days. Here is what happened last week in the Middle East.  Following Tehran’s promise to roll back parts of its...

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What happened last week in the Middle East? (20 – 26 January 2014)

I present Your Middle East’s weekly news check up, summarizing key events from the past 7 days. Here is what happened last week in the Middle East.  As Libya’s Islamist Justice and Construction Party...

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