Mina Fabulous

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Mina Fabulous follows the news, especially what is going on in the US State Department. Mina turns State Department waffle into plain English. Mina Fabulous is the pen name of Carmen Avalino, the NewsBlaze production editor. When she isn't preparing stories for NewsBlaze writers, she writes stories, but to separate her editing and writing identities, she uses the name given by her family and friends.

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Ruthless African Warlord Bosco Ntaganda Heads to ICC

Mr. Ntaganda arrived in The Hague and was taken to a cell shortly before midnight Friday.

US Committed to Achieving a Water-Secure Future

In an event celebrating World Water Day in Washington DC, US Secretary of State John Kerry says water security requires global cooperation to ensure people have the water they need, where they need it, when they need it, reliably and sustainably.

Kurdistan Workers’ Party Calls for Cessation of Violence

Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan Thursday called for a truce with the government of Turkey.

UN Passes Resolution Against Sri Lanka on Human Rights

The US and other countries and rights groups assert Sri Lanka's own probe into the alleged war crimes were inadequate.

UN Probes Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria

United Nations will launch a special investigation into allegations that chemical weapons were used in Aleppo, Syria.

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The Debt Collector’s AI Voice Agent: How Synthetic-Voice Dunning Calls Are Colliding With Decades-Old Consumer Protection Rules

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The Black Box in the Crossover: What Vehicle Event Data Recorders Capture in the Seconds Before a Fatal Pedestrian Crash

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