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Claire LancasterCL

Claire Lancaster

The World Intern
Business, Economics and Jobs
A massive blaze leads Chile to reconsider its all-volunteer firefighting system
A phone displaying a Twitter error message is show in front of the Turkish national flag.
Global Politics
A new player enters Turkey’s social media space
Environment
Is seven your favorite number? We thought so. Here’s what it says about you
Environment
Is seven your favorite number? We thought so. Here’s what it says about you
Global Politics
Despite violence, Afghans are more determined than ever to vote in the upcoming presidential elections
Environment
Why do we depend on 1960s technology to locate missing planes?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Venezuela says its new grocery loyalty card will stop the toilet paper speculators
Conflict & Justice
Student activists emerge as leaders in Venezuela’s ongoing protests
Conflict & Justice
Student activists emerge as leaders in Venezuela’s ongoing protests
Business, Economics and Jobs
Mexico opens the gates to foreign investment in its state-controlled oil industry
Health & Medicine
Just try to imagine this man surviving three days in an air pocket inside a sunken boat
Global Politics
Planning on heading to Cuba over the holidays? Good luck
Environment
Cigarette butts beware: Vancouver is coming after you
Maj. Gen. Megan P. Tatu, commanding general of the 79th Sustainment Support Command (center left), walks alongside Loretta Sanchez, Congresswoman, California 46th Congressional District, in the Fullerton Veteran’s Day Parade, Fullerton, Calif., Nov. 11.
Conflict & Justice
What Veterans Day means for a two-star Army Reserve major general
A model presents a creation from the Cola Cola 2013/2014 summer collection during Rio Fashion Week in Rio de Janeiro April 18, 2013.
Arts, Culture & Media
Black is the new white at Rio’s Fashion Week
William Potts
Conflict & Justice
A case of homesickness leads an escaped hijacker back to the US
Global Politics
Some Baja Californians would rather secede than pay higher sales tax
Business, Economics and Jobs
How one guy’s $24 investment in bitcoins turned into an $886,000 payday
Global Politics
Maybe the US has been spying on friends, what else is new?
Sports
It was his dream to go pro, but playing hoops in revolutionary Libya can be dangerous
Arts, Culture & Media
A Saudi military man doubles as a world-class artist
Conflict & Justice
A dogged detective breaks open a case of hateful anti-African immigrant graffiti in New Hampshire
1st Lieutenant Jennifer Moreno, 25, of San Diego, was killed in action in the Zhari district of Afghanistan, near Kandahar, on Sunday. Moreno was a qualified paratrooper, and was serving as a cultural liaison officer with Special Forces.  Her family is on
Global Politics
Charity steps in to help military families unable to receive death benefits because of the shutdown
The giant hornets found in northern China can grow up to two and a half inches long.
Environment
China’s giant, killer hornets are straight out of a horror movie