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Kenneth Cole Is Tweeting Insensitive Things Again, This Time Making a Bad Syria Joke

2013-09-05 22:46:00| Footwear - Topix.net

The 59-year-old fashion designer is making light of the current situation in Syria and the United States' potential involvement by using a common phrase, "boots on the ground," to promote shoes .

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Kenneth Cole trolls Twitter with offensive tweet about Syria

2013-09-05 22:45:58| Footwear - Topix.net

Apparently any publicity is good publicity if you're Kenneth Cole, who is trolling everyone on Twitter - again .

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Global Markets-Shares gain, gold falls as Syria strike looks limited

2013-09-05 14:49:30| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

Global equity markets rose, lifted by a surge on Wall Street, and gold prices eased on Wednesday as investors took in stride a potential limited American military strike against Syria and data from around the globe suggested an improving world economy.

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How Climate Change Warmed Syria Up for War

2013-09-05 06:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Motherboard: Most Americans' understanding of the root of the Syrian conflict boils down to something like this: Bashar al-Assad is a sociopathic maniac who'd rather mow down his own people than relinquish dictatorship. While that's undoubtedly part of the equation, there's obviously a lot more at play than that. And some of the blame, scholars argue, can be traced all the way to climate change. As was the case with many of the nations touched by the Arab Spring, a large swath of Syria's citizenry wasn't just...

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