With Norway still recovering from the devastating terrorist attack by Christian fundamentalist Anders Behring Breivik last July, a new Norwegian television series called Taxi claims to challenge the established prejudices surrounding how ethnic minorities and “native” Norwegians interact. Unfortunately, anyone who expected that to actually be the premise of the show would have found it disappointing at best and, at worst, detrimental to any further dialogue and understanding.

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The British public has donated £72m for victims of the devastating drought in East Africa, the most ever for a food crisis, UK aid agencies say.

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Chinese scientists clone Zhu Jianqiang, a castrated pig which became a hero after surviving the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake, a report says.

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New PM Yoshihiko Noda makes his first visit to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, almost six months after the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, whose approval rating tumbled following the devastating March earthquake and tsunami, announced his resignation Friday.

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Japan’s PM Naoto Kan announces his resignation, amid criticism of his leadership after the devastating tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis.

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Still healing from the devastating terrorist attack just under a month ago, Norwegians are preparing for local elections. While all talk of and about politics was informally banned by the parties themselves until now, last weekend saw the first TV debates and campaign kick-offs in several major cities.

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Room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the scene of many heated partisan arguments, was packed but solemn, as Robert Heyer spoke about his cousin, slain Border Patrol agent Brian A. Terry. Seated with Terry’s mother and sister, Heyer told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing about a federal law enforcement officer whose killing has been linked to a failed gun-trafficking operation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. “It was just 10 days before Christmas last year when our family received the devastating news — Brian had been shot and killed while engaged in a firefight with a group of individuals seeking to do harm to Americans citizens and others . . .” Heyer said. Read full article > >

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Eight people injured by the devastating Joplin, Missouri, tornado have contracted a rare fungal infection, and at least one of them died as a result, officials said Friday.

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In the wake of the devastating tornadoes in the central U.S., the International Energy Agency has reported that, despite the recession, greenhouse-gas emissions increased by a record amount last year to the highest carbon output in history. A record…

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Children in Japan are back at school after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March, with some pupils still having to live in the school building.

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Hillary Clinton visits Japan to show US solidarity with its ally five weeks after the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan has been struck with so many aftershocks since the devastating magnitude 9.0 one on March 11 that people are reporting “earthquake sickness,” a feeling of dizziness, anxiety, and the sensation that the ground is shaking when it isn’t. Dr. Hideaki…

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They’re not comforting words to hear, but when Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said “what in the world is going on?” early Tuesday morning, his reaction spoke directly to Japan’s leadership crisis. After the devastating earthquake, tsunami and…

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On Monday, The Lede continues to supplement reporting from our colleagues in Japan on the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck the country on Friday, including the ongoing crisis at damaged nuclear power plants.

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