The shabbiha: the ghost militia who do Assad's dirty work

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

They are the "ghost militia", accused of slaughtering more than 100 people, including at least 49 children, in an attack on a Syrian town on Saturday. The shabbiha, named after the Arabic word shabah, meaning ghost, are a ...
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Moshi iVisor XT hands-on

Source: Phone Arena

The experience of applying a screen protector of some kind on a device could be either good or bad depending on the results, but as we’ve come to see too often, bubbles are persistent things that arise during the process. Sure, there ar ...
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Ways to save the world: Choose projects to achieve most good

Source: Economic Times

If you had $75 billion to spend over the next four years and your goal was to advance human welfare, especially in the developing world, how could you get the most value for your money? That is the question I posed to a panel of five t ...
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Samsung dives into smaller towns for higher growth

Source: Sify

Samsung Electronics, which aims to retain its leadership position in flat panel TV portfolio, is invigorating its sub-dealer network, especially in smaller towns. The 40,000 odd sub-dealerships would be enhanc ...
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Organizing Your Creative Space - The Arranging

Source: Bella Online

This is the third installment in Organizing your creative space. To see the first two articles see the links at the bottom of this pace. Now that you have sorted all your supplies comes the fun part. You begin to create your space. Your space i ...
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Chotta Bheem : Indian Animated Super-Hero

Source: Indian TV Today

Bheem : Bheem is an adventurous and fun-loving 9-year-old who is gifted with extraordinary strength. This power is a boon for Dholakpur, Bheem’s village, which is constantly beset by all kinds of perils. This child has a big heart an ...
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They're here. They're geeks. Get used to it

Source: Stuff.co.nz

VERSUS THE WORLD: The rise of geek culture cannot be stopped, its infiltrated films (such as Scott Pilgrim vs The World), television and pretty much every facet of pop culture. Turns out, geeks are inheriting th ...
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Comic book clues to the end of the legend in The Dark Knight Rises

Source: Coventry Telegraph

AFTER the fun spectacle of The Avengers - very much in the bright part of the superhero spectrum - we are about to move along the scale to the gritty (but still very comic book) fantasy of The Amazing Spider-Man and then right to the oppos ...
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Dodge Ball

Source: The Good Men Project

One Sunday a few years ago, Penelope, my wife, and I took the kids to the park. After a walk around the lake, we headed over to the playground. Normally, we would be the only ones there, but on that day I realized I’d have to redefine normal as the w ...
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