Sean O'Flynn-Magee
Digital Journalist based in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Joined on Mar 31, 2009
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The Egyptian protests have been the world's number one headline for the past three weeks. But although change is on everybody's mind, it appears that in Egypt business is set to carry on just as usual.
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There is something about Geert Wilders. Wherever the provocative Dutchman goes, controversy tends to follow. He shuns political correctness and has become (in)famous for his comments about immigration and Islam, like comparing the Qu’ran to Mein Kampf.
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These days will probably become known as the Toronto Riots, locally the G20 Riots (Toronto doesn’t lend itself to rhyme, so catchier names like the Battle in Seattle are out).
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Reza Mohammed walked into Café de l’Art, a busy, somewhat posh restaurant near the sprawling Tehran University, ten minutes late for our meeting.
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Today is the high holiday of North American's cannabis culture. In Vancouver, Canada's marijuana Mecca,10,000 people will gather at the Art Gallery to celebrate their favorite weed.
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Being a woman in Iran is challenging at the best of times. But this is a society chock full of articulate, passionate women, and a resolute gender equality movement is growing in the shadows of the Islamic Republic.
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It's clear Iranians are not happy with their government. Whether riding in a taxi or sitting over a cup of tea, conversation inevitably drifts to politics. I hear the same sentiment expressed again and again: "Ahmadinejad is bad!"
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Although hopes were high that the Green Movement would use yesterday's celebrations as a venue for protest, the government successfully quelled dissent.
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The massive earthquake that recently shocked Haiti is the biggest news story in the world at the moment. But a nefarious subplot is simultaneously developing as the United States uses the crisis to reassert its influence over the Caribbean nation.
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Dear President Obama.
Do you remember, a year ago, when millions of Americans stood in the cold, warmed only by their joyful tears, to witness your historic inauguration?
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Not surprisingly, Copenhagen was a complete flop. The only way humans are going to stop destroying the enviroment is if the role the corporation plays in society substantially changes.
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The last 10 years have seen the super-expansion of communication technology bringing with it a double-edged sword of mass accessibility and mass celebrity.
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Are superstores legitimate targets for theft? A renegade priest in Northern England raises important philosophical questions about the values of a society. What do we care more about: property rights or human rights?
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As the government courts the European union, a legal ruling in Ankara has brought underlying tension in Turkey back to the surface.
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Predictably, Copenhagen has thus far seen lots of talk and little agreement. The major economies are debating over the usual details: who's going to reduce what, and who's going to pay for it.
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Although popular opinion sometimes suggests otherwise, Canada's environmental record is dismal. Any genuine deal at the Copenhagen Summit will be impossible without addressing Canada's biggest climate issue, Alberta's tar sands.
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Widespread protests against the Thai government reveal deep lines of social cleavage in a country desperately seeking to cope with hard economic times and end three years of political strife.
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