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Santa Claus has his own postal code in Canada

The most popular guy on earth Every year across the world millions of letters are sent to Santa Claus containing children’s best wishes and good will to the man that supplies more presents than anyone...

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Thailand was the most generous country in the world in 2011

The World Giving Index 2011 Charity does not only consist of giving money to the poor but also volunteering time for an organisation or helping a stranger. According to sociologists giving time or...

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Are rich people unethical?

The rich people, more unethical Our fellows from Accounting Degree Online have developed this long infographic when addressing the question “Are rich people unethical?”. As you can see at the top of...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Twenty Years On: The Divisions that Remain

Following the end of the Cold War era, in the midst of the “Eastern European Chaos”, one state, at the time known as the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, fiercely fought the conventional...

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From a computer screen to the streets: How social networks influenced the...

In retrospect, the early spring of 1974 comes to mind. Shortly after the clock struck midnight on April 25, the people of Lisbon poured into the streets, throwing nothing more dangerous than simple,...

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From ‘God Save the Queen’ to elephant hunting: Does the crisis affect the...

It is undeniable: crisis is the word of the year – not just this year’s, in fact, but of a number of the past ones as well. For many, too many years now. Our morning newspapers are worryingly filled...

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Internal affairs of Calabria: corruption in the south of Italy

Economically, socially and historically Italy can hardly be considered a homogenous nation. Since its unification in the second half of the 19th century, a deep chasm has developed between the...

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The extraordinary story of the ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ poster

No doubt you have come across these words on a poster or two at some point. Perhaps you wondered whether they were just poppy retro posters, designed by some royalty-loving English(wo)man, which...

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55 stunning 2013 World Press Photo prize-winning photographs

Best images of the year World Press Photo, founded in 1955, is an independent nonprofit organization based in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), known for holding the largest and most prestigious annual...

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16 shocking photos of police repression against protesters in São Paulo

“BRAZIL-PROTESTS/” by Semilla Luz, on Flickr On June 3rd, a 20 cent (in Brazilian real) increase in bus fares caused indignation in São Paulo and ended up triggering the confrontations that have taken...

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The Arab youth after the revolution: Civically engaged, yet not empowered

Ahmad Aggour leading the chants – @Psypherize [by Jonathan Rashad, on Flickr] Three years ago, the world was shaken up by a chain of events and revolutions termed the ‘Arab Spring‘. The protests and...

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People power – The inspiring example of Can Vies

Authors: E.T.C.Dee & Galvão Debelle Rodrigues Can Vies social centre in Barcelona recently hit the headlines across the world when its eviction led to five consecutive nights of protest and...

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The Tiny House Movement: A new model of sustainability?

The United States of America: it’s the home of baseball, apple pie, and most recently, enthusiastic adopters of temporary trends and alternative lifestyles. America is the land where every new hipster...

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How Internet Activism and Street Art Can Change Iran

In late May, an Iranian court sentenced eight people to 123 years in prison for administrating Facebook pages that the judiciary claims spread anti-government propaganda and insulted the country’s...

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To be or not to be Charlie, that is the question

France is one of history’s oldest democracies. It has been a secular state ever since 1905. Famous French laïcité does not go against religion, it simply guarantees its separation from the State,...

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Will David Cameron please everyone? The domestic and European politics of...

The rising concern of the British population over immigration, which has been vigorously embraced by UKIP, has placed PM Cameron in a delicate situation where he must try to satisfy his voters while...

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