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ISIS Releases Propaganda Song In Chinese

TAIPEI — The latest piece of ISIS propaganda is a four-minute Chinese-language song released over the weekend on the Islamic terror group's ...

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Presidential Privacy, Assange Loses, Florence Parking

SPOTLIGHT: PRIVATE LIVES, PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS A little Internet brush fire is spreading in China after a Beijing state-run newspaper ...

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Taiwan Survivors, Europe Stocks Nosedive, Eagles Vs. Drones

TWO SURVIVORS FOUND AMID TAIWAN RUBBLE [Photo: Zhang Guojun/Xinhua] Taiwan rescuers have found two ...

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Unlikely Taiwan Tops Global Ranking For Open Data

Government transparency is considered something of a Scandinavian specialty. And Taiwan? After having ranked 36th in 2013 and 11th last year, the Asian island nation has shot to the ...

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Iraq-Syria-Europe: On The Shifting Front Line Against ISIS

The Islamic State has been significantly weakened, at least from a military point of view, in Ira...

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Ma-Xi Summit: Why China And Taiwan Leaders Are Meeting Now

BEIJING — The setting is Singapore, where the two sides had a semi-official contact in 1992, giving the news a pleasant whiff of nostalgia. The summit on Saturday between ...

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Historic Taiwan-China Summit, Taiwanese Skepticism

After 66 years of standoff between Taiwan and the People's ...

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Jordan Threatens ISIS, Kirchner's Gaffe, Soccer Wage Rage

JORDAN VOWS “HARSH” WAR VS. ...