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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Korean April 26 Cartoon Film Studio in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

When the Internet goes down in North Korea, there aren’t many to notice

Technology

No one know who’s responsible for taking out North Korea’s Internet on Tuesday, but most North Koreans aren’t especially concerned. They use an “Intranet” called Kwangmyong, or “Bright Star,” and for them, nothing changed.

US President Barack Obama speaks at a meeting with more than 20 foreign defense chiefs to discuss the coalition efforts in the ongoing campaign against ISIS at Joint Base Andrews in Washington on October 14, 2014.

American warplanes have effectively become Assad’s best weapon

Conflict
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Italy’s army enters the marijuana business

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Plan to Kill Gadhafi is Risky for Libya and the US

Libyan rebels believe their struggle against Moammar Gadhafi is gaining momentum and that the dictator’s fall from power is impending, after the International Criminal Court issued a  warrant  for his arrest yesterday. And today, there’s further pressure on the dictator, as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets to consider a bill by Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and […]