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Sunday 3 July 2011

Monday's Top News: Stories of Mass Rape: Sifting Through Rumor and Taboo in Syria

Today's Top Stories

Stories of Mass Rape: Sifting Through Rumor and Taboo in Syria

By Rania Abouzeid/Khirbet al-Jouz, Syria
Sexual assault is a difficult subject to raise in any society, but especially in conservative rural Arab communities -- like those of northern Syria -- where a family's honor is often tied to the virtue of its women

Behind Michele Bachmann's Fundrasing Magic

By Katy Steinmetz
Bachmann is the most prolific fundraiser in the House. Where is she getting all that money?

Inside Sudan's Nuba Mountains: Tales of Terror Bleed Out

By Alan Boswell / Juba
Recently, President Obama devoted a special two-minute radio address to an obscure renewed conflict in the remote mountains of central Sudan. But if the reported atrocities escalate, will words be all the world can offer?
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Swampland

By Katy Steinmetz
In three congressional terms, presidential contender Michele Bachmann has made a name for herself as a formidable fundraiser. As of her latest filing with the Federal Election Commission, Bachmann had $2.8 million cash on hand (compared to, say, veteran Ron Paul’s $1.6 million). And she took in $13.5 million in the 2010 election cycle, out-raising [...]

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Top 10 Evil Sports

The U.S. Open ended yesterday, and the author of this clickthrough isn't impressed. The sport of golf has a lot of explaining to do. TIME presents a list of ten very problematic, possibly evil sports

Quotes of the Day

"We all lived through Lehman Brothers. I don't want another such threat to emanate from Europe. "
German Chancellor ANGELA MERKEL,
speaking about the importance of an airtight Greek bailout package; European ministers delayed the $17 billion lifeline Monday until Greece agrees to strict austerity measures
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Jaws: Behind-the-Scenes Photos From the Hectic Shoot

A new book by Matt Taylor, published on the 36th anniversary of the release of Jaws, shares hundreds of rare photographs taken by participants and bystanders on Martha's Vineyard
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