Jim Clancy

Analyst: Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria now best-equipped of the group

cnn.com — (CNN) -- Not long after the United States said it will start arming Syrian rebels, Syria's longtime ally Russia fired back by saying the move supports those "who kill their enemies and eat their organs."

9 cent hike leads to clashes on Brazil's streets

cnn.com — (CNN) -- Nine cents have been enough to make tens of thousands of Brazilians cry foul for a week. For the demonstrators who have transformed streets in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and beyond into protest battlegrounds, it isn't so much that bus fares went up from 3.00 to 3.20 reais ($1.38 to $1.47).

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'Standing man' inspires silent demonstration in Turkey

cnn.com — Istanbul (CNN) -- A single man stood silently in Istanbul's Taksim Square for hours Monday night, defying police who broke up weekend anti-government protests with tear gas and water cannon and drawing hundreds of others to his vigil. For more than five hours, he appeared to stare at a portrait of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Turkish state.