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Norwegian Trade and Industry Minister Trond Giske speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 11, 2012. Giske is in Japan since May 8 to exchange opinions about the field of reinforcement of bilateral relations and new cooperation of the future with Japanese business leaders. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/GettyImages)
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WORLD NEWS
Deputy Head Of Norway's Labor Party Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
By Dominique Mosbergen
Ripples of the #MeToo movement are being felt in Scandinavia.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 15: People in the crowd celebrate as the result is announced during the Official Melbourne Postal Survey Result Announcement at the State Library of Victoria on November 15, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. Australians have voted for marriage laws to be changed to allow same-sex marriage, with the Yes vote defeating No. Despite the Yes victory, the outcome of Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey is not binding, and the process to change current laws will move to the Australian Parliament in Canberra. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
'Religious Freedom' Clauses Are Point Of Contention As Australia Crafts Marriage Equality Laws
By Lydia O'Connor
Australians voted in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. Now, their lawmakers must decide what that means.
Britain's opposition Labour party Leader Jeremy Corbyn gives a thumbs up as he arrives at Labour Party headquarters in central London on June 9, 2017 after results in a snap general election showing a hung parliament with Labour gains and the Conservatives losing its majority. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced pressure to resign on Friday after losing her parliamentary majority, plunging the country into uncertainty as Brexit talks loom. The pound fell sharply amid fears the Conservative leader will be unable to form a government and could even be forced out of office after a troubled campaign overshadowed by two terror attacks. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Democrats Look For Lessons After Labour's Unexpected Success In Britain
By Sam Levine
Progressive and anti-authoritarian policies seem to have worked.
POLITICS
The Left Must Return to its Populist Roots
By Kadira Pethiyagoda, Contributor
Foreign policy expert & Visiting Fellow at Brookings Instituti...
POLITICS
Netanyahu's House of Cards
By Guy Golan, Contributor
Associate Professor of public diplomacy and public relations a...
Weeks of behind closed door maneuvering by Tony Blair, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi attempted to bring together a centrists' coalition government comprised of Netnayahu's Likud and the opposition Labor Party.
POLITICS
Netanhyu's Big Come-From-Behind Win Inflames Many Situations
By William Bradley, Contributor
Political Analyst
It carries big ramifications for American politics, the Middle East, and relations between the Islamic world and the West. Most everything will be more inflamed, not least the Iranian nuclear controversy and the future of Palestine. And of course American politics.
WORLDPOST
A Momentous Opportunity to Embrace the Arab Peace Initiative
By Alon Ben-Meir, Contributor
Senior Fellow, Center for Global Affairs, NYU
At no other time since the API was introduced in 2002 by Saudi Arabia has the development of events in the region converged to create a new environment, making the API more relevant than before; Israel must urgently adopt it as the basis for peace negotiations.
ARTS
First Nighter: James Graham's Politically Enthralling "This House" Gets the National Theatre HD Treatment
By David Finkle, Contributor
Writer, Drama Critic
ARTS
First Nighter: Rowan Atkinson, Helen Mirren, Terrific Others Occupy London-Theater Hot Seats
By David Finkle, Contributor
Writer, Drama Critic
Due to one of those odd coincidences, theater at the moment seems to be about chairs. Rowan Atkinson sits in a relatively comfy one throughout the flawless revival of Simon Gray's Quartermaine's Terms, at Wyndham's.
RELIGION
American Jews Without Israel, Israel Without U.S. Jews
By Bradley Burston, Contributor
Senior Editor, Haaretz.com
Once, long ago, my friend and I bandied the concept of what American Judaism would be like if there were no Israel, and what Israel would be like if there were no American Jews.
WORLDPOST
The F Word: Winners and Losers in the UK Election
By Laura Flanders, Contributor
Host, GRITtv
In Britain, the Conservatives are back in power in coalition with centrist Liberal Democrats. For all their differences, both are deficit-obsessed.
WORLDPOST
Britain's Silent Conservative Movement
By Emily Henry, Contributor
Health Care Policy Research Consultant, Journalist, Yogi, Mother
Britain is tearing up its socialist roots and traversing a path back to conservatism. For those who feel sidelined in the immigration debate, the BNP has become a solution - albeit an extreme one.
WORLDPOST
A Very British Scandal
By George Mitrovich, Contributor
San Diego civic leader
It appears that most of the 646 MPs underwent an ethical bypass operation, and, in consequence, lost their sense of public duty.
WORLDPOST
Labor Party Joins Netanyahu Coalition
POLITICS
Blair Says Brown Should Resign Or Labor Faces Disaster: Report