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An Afghan woman attends a protest in Kabul

Video Shows Taliban Brutally Slaying Woman Amid Cheers From Villagers

A video of the brutal public slaying of an Afghan woman by a militant, believed to be a member of the Taliban, was caught on camera last month near Kabul, laying bare the perilously unstable law and order situation in Afghanistan, ahead of the planned withdrawal of NATO troops in 2014.
Gamal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey

What On Earth Is A ?White Muslim??

There are, in fact, tens of millions of Muslims around the world who are ?white? -- and no one would bother to call them ?white Muslims.?
Pakistan turns to China as ties with U.S. suffer

Reading Pakistan, By The Numbers

Is Pakistan an enemy of the United States? For the past two years, the Obama administration has doggedly maintained that the South Asian nation remains a vital American ally, even as it has grappled with what it itself admits is a ?complicated? relationship.
Sworn On The Fourth of July

Here Are 25 Soldiers Who Became US Citizens On The Fourth

Four Filipinos, two Salvadoran women and a Palauan born in the tiny island republic in the middle of the Pacific Ocean were among the young men and women who chose to serve a country that had not yet recognized them as citizens -- until this Fourth of July.
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Call It What It Is: A Civil War In Syria

What is so special about the term civil war, and why are governments, media and analysts shying away from openly using that label to describe what's happening in Syria?
Turkish President Abdullah Gul arrives at the NATO Summit in Chicago

Why Is Turkey In NATO?

NATO was first formed in April 1949 with twelve original members, two North American nations and twelve European states located either in Northern or Western Europe. Turkey entered with the first enlargement in 1952 - before even Germany.

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