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The Syrian Electronic Army Talks About Hacking the 'Guardian' and Their Obama Bomb Hoax

They almost crashed the stock market by hacking the Associated Press's Twitter account and telling everyone the White House had been bombed and that Obama had been injured. As the markets reacted to the news, the DOW Jones was sent plummeting by a staggering $136 billion. Full story

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European Meltdown - The New Face of French Nationalism

Amidst the economic strain in France, the far right Front National party has experienced a resurgence in popularity. In this clip that we shot for episode four of 'VICE' on HBO, Shane meets the new faces of French nationalism and the successors of the Le Pen lineage, Marine Le Pe… Full story

Fringes

The Warrior State

Guerrero is one of the poorest states in Mexico and the site of some of the worst violence in the battle between the drug cartels and Mexican authorities. As a result of the violence, hundreds of civilians have armed themselves with machetes, rifles, and shotguns, put masks on, a… Full story

Hungary Is Destroying Itself from the Inside

Although Hungary isn't a country famed for its defenses, in 2013 it's not alien armies they have to worry about: it's the burgeoning far-right movement, a worrying level of state control, and an increase in censorship all brewing within its own borders. Full story

Dogmageddon

"Coexist" Bumper Stickers Are Actually Intolerant

On the surface, it seems like a sentiment I should agree with: “Can't we all put aside our religious differences and get along?” But what happens when you put anything on a bumper sticker is that you remove the suggestive tone and make it a command: “Get along, or else.” Full story

Good News! You Can’t Be Automatically Deported for Sharing Three Joints

Well, here’s bit of good news from the Supreme Court, a group not generally considered friendly to criminal defendants or recreational drug users: you cannot, it turns out, be automatically deported for the kindhearted but nonetheless illegal act of bringing a few joints to a par… Full story

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Grocery Shopping for North Korean Defectors

Thousands of North Koreans cross the border illegally into China every year. If they are arrested in communist Laos, there’s the possibility of being sent back to North Korea, where they face prison camps or worse. We recently met up with a South Korean pastor who moves defectors… Full story

This Week in Racism

Ann Coulter Wants to Arrest Women for Wearing Hijabs

Best-selling author Ann Coulter receives this week’s Ann Coulter Award for Excellence in Racism for declaring without reservation that the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsnarnaev’s wife should be imprisoned for wearing a hijab. Full story

A Factory Collapsed in Bangladesh on Wednesday, and 300 People Were Crushed to Death

On Wednesday, more than 2,500 workers outside of Dhaka went to work in a factory where cracks had just recently appeared in the walls. The building collapsed. At this writing 300 people are confirmed dead, around 600 injured. Nine hundred people are still missing. Full story

I Guess We Need to Say It Again: George W. Bush Was the Worst

The important things he did and didn’t do when he was the most powerful elected official in the world were all pretty much uniformly awful. He had a chance to change the world in a real way and he made in demonstrably worse. Fuck him and his library. Full story

VICE News

Bomb Blast Bajaur

On April 20, a female suicide bomber attacked a hospital in Khar, one of the largest towns in Pakistan's Bajaur region. Four people were killed. When we visited Bajaur six months earlier, the army had recently eradicated the Taliban and were eager to show us that life in the regi… Full story

What Was the South African Military Doing in the Central African Republic?

There is much speculation over why South African President Jacob Zuma deployed his forces to support the Central Africa Republic's clearly failing, dictatorial government. The most popular theory is that both the ANC and its members have private-mineral and natural-resource inter… Full story

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Pakistani Dress Up

Before heading out to the Line of Control that divides India and Pakistan, Shane decides to buy the local garb—shalwar kameez—to fit in. Full story

Uninsured Americans Are Crowdsourcing Health Care Costs

David Price is uninsured and searching for health care from outside of government and private insurance. Just this month, David went biking alone in a canyon in Texas. David hit a large bump on the trail, the bike sailed out from under him, and he fell face-first into the ground… Full story