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August 22, 2014 Issue

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Features

Cover story U.S.

With little more than a flick of the pen, an Obama appointee legalized online poker

Escape From Syria: On the Road With the Refugees Walking to Europe

The road from war-torn Aleppo to a Western utopia is fraught with danger and disillusionment

The Girls Who Tried to Kill for Slender Man

It's extremely rare for young girls to attempt murder. These two 12-year-olds did so to prove their allegiance to Slender Man

How the Law Is Standing Up to Cyberstalking

In the hands of strangers the internet has become a lethal weapon, but following landmark legislation, psychological terrorism is about to meet its match

In Focus

Ballet Shoes

Dancers from the Australian Ballet practice outdoors for a production of Swan Lake in Sydney’s Capitol Theatre. Graeme Murphy’s adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s haunting score is the most popular production ever at the Capitol Theatre and has been taken on tour all over the world. The venue for this rehearsal is the Bondi Icebergs pool, while it is empty for cleaning.

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Periscope

Tensions Rise as Migrants Mass in Calais Hoping to Reach Britain

Britain and France are on a collision course over how to stem a tide of desperate men and women determined to cross the Channel

The 'Palestinian Gandhi' Who Still Believes Non-Violence Is the Answer

'Plant olive trees, take the beatings, clog up Israeli jails': Mubarak Awad still believes that non-violence is the answer for the Palestinians

Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?

Mubarak Awad laments what Gaza has wrought

Who's to Blame for the ISIS Crisis?

If U.S. troops had stayed in Iraq, they may have stopped the militants. But that wasn't our choice to make

Why Russia and Cuba Are Partying Like It's 1962

With Russia reopening a spy base in Cuba, are we in line for Cuban Missile Crisis II?

Why Has Norway's Attempt to Break the Glass Ceiling Failed?

A new study shows that the 40% quota for public companies, set in 2003, has done little to help women further down the ranks

Leisure Class Dismissed

Americans work hard, but have plenty of downtime

Tribal Bitcoin

As digital currencies go, Mazacoin has advantages over its more famous rival

How the Financial Crisis Hit the UK's Most Popular Suicide Spot

The volunteers patroling over the drop of Beachy Head may have to disband due to lack of funds

Drug Legalisation in the UK Is a Question of Time

After reform in the US and Europe, the chair of the UK's inter-party drug policy group says change is inevitable

Horizons

Winter Isn't Coming

Research into solar activity won't mean another little ice age, but decadal forecasting could be good news for business

A Picture of Health

An algorithm can scan family photos and predict genetic disorders with astonishing accuracy

Rent Sweet Rent

There's never been a worse time to buy a house, as the Internet is making ownership a sentimental mistake

Ebola Shows the World Is Primed for the Perfect Microbial Storm

Thanks to a population boom, intensive farming and poverty, incidents of emerging disease have quadrupled in 50 years

Kangaroo Mother Care Could Save Millions of Lives In Poor Countries

Premature birth is a mass killer in developing countries. But it doesn't have to be.

The No-Pilot Program

Drone cargo planes are cheap and happy to fly through fog and worse

Crazy Dreamers

Mental illness may finally yield to science after centuries of confusion and myth

Downtime

Alynda Lee Segarra, Queen of the Riff Raff

The once homeless Alynda Lee Segarra has found a home in New Orleans' diverse musical community

American Horror, Ivy League Edition

Three new books suggest that an elite education may be the most poisonous education of all

Catfight at the Anti-Feminist Corral

Women vs. women vs. militant cats: a political debate for the ages

The Lights Go Out On Italy's Fourth Largest Opera House

Unable to pay bills, the Teatro Petruzzelli has abruptly cut its November season, bringing Italy's opera crisis to new fortissimo

Will Fine Dining Start Asking for the Money Up Front?

Taking inspiration from theatre and music concerts, the reservation systems of the future will ask customers to pay in advance

Editor's Picks

Donald Trump's Lawyer May Be Creating 'Chaos' on Purpose: Attorney

Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance says that Donald Trump's lawyer, Todd Blanche, may be creating "chaos" deliberately.

By Emma Marsden

2 MIN READ

Dozens of Morehouse College Staff Vote Against Giving Biden Degree

Some 38 faculty members voted against giving President Biden an honorary doctorate.

By Martha McHardy

4 MIN READ

King Charles Latest Cancer Update, Given by Queen

By James Crawford-Smith

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Barron Trump College Choice: Everything Donald, Melania Have Said

By Andrew Stanton

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Can Justice Alito Be Forced to Recuse? Experts Weigh In

By Sean O'Driscoll

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