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The Week in Photos
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From Venezuelans mourning Chávez to snow coating Chicago’s ‘bean,’ see the week’s most striking...
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Who’s Afraid of the Big Black Panther?
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The Daily Beast’s John Avlon talks with former Black Panther, current radical, and surging...
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The Black Bold Radical Revolutionary Socialist Candidate
Clockwise from top left: AP Photos; AFP / Getty Images; AP Photos; AFP / Getty Images
From dictators to Hillary Clinton, Caitlin Dickson runs down the controversial councilman and...
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Another Side of Robert Mugabe
One of Zimbabwe’s most renowned human-rights lawyers tells Eli Lake about the strongman’s softer side. MORE
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Bounding Tyrants, Childlike Kings
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13 Crazy Chávez Quotes
Chávez says America's giving world leaders cancer. Read more crazy quotes from Venezuela's president. MORE
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Mugabe Has Cancer: WikiLeaks
Claims he could be dead in two years. MORE
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Zimbabwe Allowed to Sell Diamonds, Amid Claims of Human-Rights Abuses
An international network that regulates the trade in blood diamonds will allow Zimbabwe —accused of torture, killings, and forced labor at its biggest diamond... MORE
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Ban Ki-Moon has Failed at the United Nations
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Many Unhappy Returns
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Playing the World's Most Dangerous Golf Courses
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The Rich, Behaving Badly
No single year holds a monopoly on bad behavior among the super-rich.... MORE
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The Power of Tyranny
Some leaders have very little influence globally, but hold the power of life or death over their brutally oppressed citizens.... MORE



