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  • Tariq Ramadan and Slavoj Zizek on the future of Egyptian politics

    Tariq Ramadan and Slavoj Zizek on the future of Egyptian politics

    The revolutionary chants on the streets of Egypt have resonated around the world, but with a popular uprising without a clear direction and an unpopular leader refusing to concede, Egypt’s future hangs in the balance. Riz Khan talks to Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek about the power of popular dissent, the limits of peaceful protest and the future of Egyptian politics.

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  • Crystals in Eyes

    Crystals in Eyes

    Unquestionably one of the weirdest things we’ve ever seen. A 12 year-old girl from Lebanon has razor-sharp crystals coming out of her eyes.

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  • Flying donkey shocks beachgoers in Russia

    Flying donkey shocks beachgoers in Russia

    Police in southern Russia will launch a probe into an initiative by local entrepreneurs who sent a donkey into the sky on a parachute in an advertising stunt. The official spokesman for the local directorate of the Interior Ministry told reporters that the parachuting donkey incident took place last Thursday on an Azov Sea beach in the Temryk District in Krasnodar. “They gave this donkey a parachute ride in order to attract holidaymakers’ attention to this sort of entertainment. The [...]

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