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	<title>The Walrus and the Carpenter</title>
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		<title>How Has Life in Iraq Changed?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Via.
Life in Iraq has not been easy for civilians by any means since the beginning of the American invasion and, even though many electronic media outlets, such as Al Jazeera on Creative commons and McClatchy&#8217;s excellent blog have been tracking life in Iraq, it&#8217;s hard to gauge the exact quality of life in the country.
The data is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://walrus.vickiboykis.com/2010/06/15/how-has-life-in-iraq-changed/</link>
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		<title>Global Terrorism Database</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filing this one under data I need to play with and investigate a lot more.

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		<link>http://walrus.vickiboykis.com/2010/05/28/global-terrorism-database/</link>
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		<title>IMF says global economy needs more political support</title>
		<description><![CDATA[source.
John Lipsky, IMF&#8217;s managing director, says that the global economy will need more support as the Greek financial crisis has shown considerable downsides to the economy.
&#8220;Together with strong implementation by euro area  countries, notably through actions to put public finances on a sustainable path, they will help sustain the global recovery,&#8221; he told the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://walrus.vickiboykis.com/2010/05/18/imf-says-global-economy-needs-more-political-support/</link>
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		<title>Russians are Reading Less</title>
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Source.
From the great literary tradition that exists in Russia comes disappointing news:
I would say today’s situation is the bottom line: about 60% of Russians  do not buy books on a regular basis and do not borrow them, 70% of  households do not have more than a few books. Over the decades, the  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://walrus.vickiboykis.com/2010/05/17/russians-are-reading-less/</link>
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		<title>The Economics of Suicide Bombing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source. 
The connotations of suicide bombing are such that we often think of bombers as poor, desperate men from  untoward backgrounds.  As the recent discovery of  &#8220;Jihadi Jane&#8221; and Nigerian  has shown us, this is not the case.  Often, suicide bombers are men from middle-class families. The evidence remains mixed, however.
In a recent paper presentation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://walrus.vickiboykis.com/2010/03/11/the-economics-of-suicide-bombing/</link>
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		<title>Russian Orthodox Patriarch Visits Kazakhstan</title>
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source. 
Recently, the Russian Orthodox church, which has been experiencing a great revival in post-Soviet Russia, has set its sites on the ex-Soviet republics.  On January 16th, the Patriarch of the church, Kiril Frolov,aimed to visit Astana, Kazakhstan.  However, due to fog blocking the airplane, he was rerouted to Almaty, Kazakhstan&#8217;s commercial center.
Whether it was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://walrus.vickiboykis.com/2010/02/22/russian-orthodox-patriarch-visits-kazakhstan/</link>
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		<title>Moscow&#8217;s hospitality industry struggles in 2010</title>
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Headlines like this, &#8220;In a City of Over Ten Million, Only Five-Star Hotels Are a Near-Safe Bet  &#8220; point to Moscow&#8217;s dismal position as a tourist town.
Russia Profile reports that Russia, unlike Paris or London, has an over-demand for hotel rooms and not enough hotels to satisfy tourism:
Many travelers, both foreign and non-foreign, find [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://walrus.vickiboykis.com/2010/02/16/moscows-hospitality-industry-struggles-in-2010/</link>
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		<title>The Black Community in Russia-Faring Poorly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[source. 
Back in the 1970s when the Soviet Union was interested in expanding its sphere of influence in African countries, in addition to backing African freedom movements, it brought many African students to study at Russian universities, most notably Patrice Lumumba.
Shubin emphasises the wide spectrum of Soviet support of liberation
movements in Southern Africa, ranging from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://walrus.vickiboykis.com/2010/02/11/the-black-community-in-russia-faring-poorly/</link>
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		<title>Kanat Saudabayev Speaks at Atlantic Council</title>
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I reported this story for NewEurasia (complete with pics and video here.)
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		<link>http://walrus.vickiboykis.com/2010/02/08/kanat-saudabayev-speaks-at-atlantic-council/</link>
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		<title>The Persian Deer in Israel, Via Espionage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[source
The Foreign Policy association reports, 
In order to return the biblical species of deer now known as the Persian Fallow Deer to Israel an espionage mission was set up by an Israeli general who was also a zealous conservationist.
Israel had struck a deal with the Shah of Iran and his son to capture two of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://walrus.vickiboykis.com/2010/02/02/the-persian-deer-in-israel-via-espionage/</link>
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