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iraq

Iraqi Militants Storm Anbar University

Hundreds of students were inside the Anbar University compound, when the attack occurred early this morning.
Liz Fields
6.7.14
Interviews

Meet Nancy, the Best Brooklyn Band Without a Van You've Never Heard of

We talked a lot about diarrhea.
Reed Dunlea
6.7.14
coffee

Chasing Coffee in Ethiopia, Part Two: The Goat Sacrifice 

The person to first discover coffee in Ethiopia wasn't a person at all—it was a goat. When I went on a coffee sourcing mission for Sightglass Coffee, it turns out goats also play another role in ensuring a good harvest.
Ashton Goggans
6.7.14
Make this

How-To: Make a Goat Kebab

The ideal kebab mixes both sweet and savory in a warm, slightly crispy pita, so when chef Lee Tiernan broke out the pomegranate molasses for his barbecued goat version, we knew something great was going down.
Lee Tiernan
6.7.14
Interviews

We Had a Calm Conversation with Noted Ankle Breakers Girl Talk and Freeway

We talked about mashups, Ice Cube, and the weird state of rap labels.
Skinny Friedman
6.7.14
Ukraine

Ukraine's New President Pledges to Retake Crimea

Petro Poroshenko called to "settle our relations with Russia," but said that Crimea, "was, is, and will be Ukrainian soil."
Liz Fields
6.7.14
Fashion

LOL Naturel

Screw looking natural. In a perfect world, covering your face in bright splashes of colorful makeup would be the hot summer beauty trend.
Pamela Reed + Matthew Rader
6.7.14
Futures

How Biology Could Evolve Beyond Taxonomy

Part of what's eroding the appeal of taxonomy might be the perception that taxonomists are well on their way to becoming obsolete, in the face of advanced tech.
Ben Richmond
6.7.14
VICE News

VICE News Capsule

The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks behind the headlines. This week, Al Jazeera journalists detained in Egypt face 15 years in prison, Kenyan police seize hundreds of elephant tusks, and the Thai military sweeps the country for weapons.
VICE Staff
6.7.14
Business

Forget Fingerprints, Bionic Identity IDs You Through Your Friends

Everywhere we go, we're constantly proving that we are who we say we are.
DJ Pangburn
6.7.14
Europe

Iceland Is About to Get Its First Mosque

Islamic groups representing the country's 1,200 Muslims are about to break ground in Reykjavík after more than a decade of campaigning.
Nadja Sayej
6.7.14
crime & drugs

VICE on HBO Debrief: Heroin Warfare

Suroosh Alvi visited both sides of the Iran/Afghanistan border to see firsthand the effects of the explosion in the drug trade.
VICE News
6.7.14
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