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Source: The Beetle Sphere: An Actual 1953 VW Beetle Formed into a Perfect Sphere by Ichwan Noor The artist's explanation...

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Source: Telecommunication Networks: Addressing Potential Security Risks of Foreign-Manufactured Equipment (52-pg GAO PDF)

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Source: Firearm Violence, 1993-2011 (DOJ) (28-pg PDF)

Follow-up: Open Society?

"Terrorism Has No Religion" Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, talks to 2013 Nieman Fellow Souad Mekhennet about terrorism, Twitter, freedom of the press, and democratic reform. Because he is such an expert on democracies...

Previous blog entry on Bahrain:

Open Society? - April 24th, 2011

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Source: National Geographic Traveler Magazine: 2013 Photo Contest Head on over for the full picture and many others...

Eh?

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