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Britain, Argentina sparring again over the Falklands Jan 4th 2013, 20:25 LONDON — More than 30 years after Argentina's unsuccessful invasion of the Falkland Islands, a fresh war of words has broken out over the sovereignty of the British territory, a rocky archipelago about 8,000 miles from London but harboring outsize importance to both countries. Read full article >> New Delhi rape victim's companion tells of police and public apathy in TV interview Jan 4th 2013, 19:43 NEW DELHI — For 25 minutes, they lay by the road naked and crying for help. Passing drivers slowed down, looked at them, but did not stop. The 23-year old woman who was gang-raped and beaten inside a moving bus last month had been thrown out onto the street to die, along with her male friend. But even when police finally arrived, they wasted more than 20 minutes arguing about who had jurisdiction over the crime before even bothering to cover the couple with a blanket against onlookers' stares, the young student's friend said on Indian television Friday. Read full article >> Fatah's rally in Gaza hints at effort toward unity with Hamas Jan 4th 2013, 19:06 JERUSALEM — The Fatah party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held a mass rally in Gaza on Friday to mark the 48th anniversary of its founding, the first such gathering permitted by the rival Islamist Hamas group since it seized control of the territory in a brief civil war in 2007. Read full article >> India's rape problem is already taking an economic toll Jan 4th 2013, 18:59 The most obvious economic implication of India's problem with violence against women recently symbolized by the shocking assault and gang rape of a New Delhi woman on a moving bus is that it helps keep India's 600 million women marginalized. The World Economic Forum ranks India 123rd in the world by women's economic participation and 121st by educational attainment. Read full article >> Is al-Jazeera too soft on Qatar and its allies? Jan 4th 2013, 18:49 ABU DHABI — Qatar's al-Jazeera television station provided a great ringside seat for the "day of rage" in Cairo almost two years ago that offered the first clear sign of the threat to the rule of then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Read full article >> The entire world is increasingly using Facebook Jan 4th 2013, 18:19 Back in 2009, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tweaked his famous social network's mission to read: "Making the world open and connected." Three years later, the world appears to have heard him loud and clear. Read full article >> Why Chinese workers are enduring an eight-day work week Jan 4th 2013, 17:36 Most Americans are probably looking forward to going home at the end of the day today for a well-earned weekend after the grueling three-day work week. That's not how new year's vacation works in China, though. As of this year, Chinese workers who already tend to put in long hours will have to "pay" for their Jan. 1 holiday by putting in an eight-day work week. Starting today. Read full article >> Chinese journalists mount rare protest over an alleged act of government censorship Jan 4th 2013, 17:32 BEIJING — Chinese journalists reacted furiously Friday to what they said was heavy-handed official censorship of a New Year's message from a popular Guangdong newspaper, setting up a crucial early challenge for new leader Xi Jinping. Read full article >> What the Milan game says about soccer racism Jan 4th 2013, 16:22 After fans began chanting racial epithets at a soccer game outside Milan on Thursday, AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boatenga, a black player, responded by kicking a ball into the stands, pulling off his shirt and walking off the field in Busto Arsizio, followed by his teammates. Read full article >> Chinese tourism: The West strains to understand a new, $85 billion-a-year industry Jan 4th 2013, 16:05 The first thing to know about Chinese tourists visiting the West is that you will probably never truly meet their high expectations. The second thing to know is that, for Western tourism officials and businesses, you have to try anyway, because Chinese tourists are the second-highest overall spenders in the world. Read full article >> Amid rape fiasco, India's leaders keep up insensitive remarks Jan 4th 2013, 15:03 Amid unprecedented anger against rising incidents of rape and molestation of women, one would expect that there would be a greater awareness about what to say and what not to. But India's political leaders and opinion-makers -- both men and women -- continue to rub salt on the wounds by their insensitive and offensive remarks. Read full article >> Video of Malala Yousafzai shyly smiling as she finally leaves the hospital Jan 4th 2013, 14:16 Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani girl who in early October was shot in the head by Taliban militants in retribution for her efforts promoting girls' education, has been discharged from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England. The discharge is a hard-earned victory for Malala, whose three-month journey to recovery has been a difficult one. Read full article >>

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