| The deep roots of America’s rural-urban political divide Posted: 26 Dec 2018 01:03 PM PST ![The deep roots of America's rural-urban political divide]( "The deep roots of America's rural-urban political divide") The chasm of misunderstanding and animosity between rural and urban voters is one of the oldest divisions in American political life. As urban areas exploded in size and power, urban voters increasingly returned such disdain. Urban agglomerations were the economic future, country roads the past.
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| Those tiny flying intruders Posted: 26 Dec 2018 11:54 AM PST ![Those tiny flying intruders]( "Those tiny flying intruders") The huge disruption of air travel at Britain's second-busiest airport caused by small unmanned flying drones has brought new scrutiny to a growing risk to public safety, privacy, and security. Small flying drones don't need to carry any kind of explosive or weapon to pose a danger at airports.
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| Tiny Jordan's outsize role fostering interfaith understanding Posted: 26 Dec 2018 10:01 AM PST ![Tiny Jordan's outsize role fostering interfaith understanding]( "Tiny Jordan's outsize role fostering interfaith understanding") Every month, Christians and Muslims from Milan to Mecca, Kansas to Kuala Lumpur find common ground in an unusual place: a desert country the size of Maine surrounded by war zones. In Jordan, a royal family recognized as descendants of the prophet Muhammad, and a citizenry of Christians and Muslims who have lived side by side for centuries, have been playing an outsized role in fostering dialogue and common understanding among the world's faiths. Recommended: Can Islamist moderates remake the politics of the Muslim world?
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| Vowing to bulldoze corruption, Tanzania's president bulldozes dissent Posted: 26 Dec 2018 06:23 AM PST ![Vowing to bulldoze corruption, Tanzania's president bulldozes dissent]( "Vowing to bulldoze corruption, Tanzania's president bulldozes dissent") On a December day three years ago, two months after he was elected president of Tanzania, John Magufuli walked out of the presidential palace here and began scooping handfuls of dried leaves and torn plastic bags into a trash bin. Mr. Magufuli had run a campaign promising to clean up government in Tanzania, weeding out corruption and bureaucratic bloat. Recommended: Tanzania granted the largest-ever mass citizenship to refugees.
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