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May 22, 2013 Subscribe · Forward NKorea Sends Special Envoy To China PYONGYANG, North Korea -- After months of ignoring China's warnings to give up its nuclear program, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with its most important ally and the latest sign that Pyongyang may be giving diplomacy a chance. Continue reading... Pussy Riot Member Declares Hunger Strike Top Candidates Barred From Running In Iran's Election PHOTO: Russian Officer 'Posed At Putin's Desk To Impress Girls' LOOK: The 14 Most Endangered Heritage Sites In Europe Ancient Coins Could Rewrite Australia's History Man Commits Suicide Inside Notre Dame Court Annuls Rios Montt Genocide Conviction Knife Attack In China Wounds 6 Schoolchildren, 1 Adult WATCH: This Guy Has No Idea What He's Doing Knife Attack In China Wounds 6 Schoolchildren, 1 Adult JENNIFER D. STEPHENS The Invisible War: Tackling the Tough Topic of Sexual Assault in the Military This weekend my Battalion tossed the Army-provided training out the window and instead chose to play the documentary The Invisible War. What played out that Sunday morning was the single most amazing experience I have had in my 10+ year military career. Continue reading... SHIRIN SADEGHI It's Official: The List of Approved Iranian Presidential Candidates Has a Couple Huge Disqualifications What the huge disqualifications do tells us is that the Supreme Leader and his hardline establishment are flexing their muscles for anyone who's looking for trouble at this year's presidential election. Continue reading... JOHN SIFTON The Real Costs of CIA Cash The twist of the latest CIA cash scandal is not the CIA is handing over wads of U.S. bills to a corrupt president. It is that the CIA has continued to hand over cash for so long, which is not merely unethical but now antithetical to the U.S. government's stated policy goals. Continue reading... ALICE FARMER A Real-Life 'Hunger Games' We all should know that for tens of thousands of migrant children, every day in Europe is a struggle to survive. And we should all want to do more - if these were our children, we'd want so much more. Continue reading... STACY PARKER LE MELLE To Be Free Like Malala: The Dreams and Fears of Afghanistan's Teen Girls On Saturday, lawmakers in Afghanistan's parliament refused to vote on the Law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Yet, read any of the poems or stories on the Afghan Women's Writing Project website, and you will be filled with hope. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003