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Brazilian President and presidential candidate for the Workers Party, Dilma Rousseff, delivers a speech in Brasilia on October 5, 2014, after general elections. (AFP PHOTO / EVARISTO SA)
by Alex Edwards | Oct 6, 2014 | World
Rio den Janeiro, Reuters—Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff faces a tough election runoff against her pro-business rival, Aecio Neves, after he rode a dramatic late surge and won strong support in the first round of voting on Sunday. Neves, a former two-term...
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People inspect the damages at the site of a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces in the northern city of Aleppo on July 20, 2014. (AFP Photo/AMC/Zein Al-Rifai)
by Fayez Sara | Oct 6, 2014 | Opinion
The ongoing strikes by the international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) make this an opportune moment to critically assess the international assistance given to the Syrian people since the start of their revolution against President...