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href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/radio_as_if/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212443im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103136/88/1031368860.png" width="224" height="124" alt="As If" title="As If" class=""></a></div><div class="b-radio__v-content"><div class="b-radio__v-title"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/radio_as_if/20160330/1037202873/an-addictive-habit-or-a-fervent-commitment-to-corruption.html">An Addictive Habit or a Fervent Commitment to Corruption?</a></div><div class="b-radio__v-announce"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/radio_as_if/20160330/1037202873/an-addictive-habit-or-a-fervent-commitment-to-corruption.html">Almost a trillion euro has been spent this year on bribes in the EU alone.</a></div></div><div class="b-radio__v-date">30 March 2016</div></li><li class="m-radio-v b-radio__item"><div class="b-radio__v-img"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/radio_the_bradcast/"><img 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And while little has changed in the GOP race for the White House since I've been gone, it was a very big weekend for Bernie Sanders on the Democratic side, even if the mainstream corporate media continues to disregard his campaign.</a></div></div><div class="b-radio__v-date">30 March 2016</div></li><li class="m-radio-v b-radio__item"><div class="b-radio__v-img"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/radio_thom_hartmann_show/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212443im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/102668/64/1026686491.png" width="224" height="124" alt="Thom Hartmann Program" title="Thom Hartmann Program" class=""></a></div><div class="b-radio__v-content"><div class="b-radio__v-title"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/radio_thom_hartmann_show/20160330/1037194595/media-democracy-us-trump.html">How Do We Democratize Our Media?</a></div><div class="b-radio__v-announce"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/radio_thom_hartmann_show/20160330/1037194595/media-democracy-us-trump.html">There's a huge debate going on right now about the role of the media in American politics. And two of the main questions are: How much is the media to blame for fueling the rise of Donald Trump? And what's the real relationship between Trump and the media?</a></div></div><div class="b-radio__v-date">30 March 2016</div></li><li class="m-radio-v b-radio__item"><div class="b-radio__v-img"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/radio_loud_and_clear/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212443im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103218/75/1032187588.png" width="224" height="124" alt="Loud & Clear" title="Loud & Clear" class=""></a></div><div class="b-radio__v-content"><div class="b-radio__v-title"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/radio_loud_and_clear/20160330/1037198957/brazil-coup-underway.html">Brazil: There is a Coup Underway</a></div><div class="b-radio__v-announce"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/radio_loud_and_clear/20160330/1037198957/brazil-coup-underway.html">On today’s episode of Loud & Clear, host Brian Becker discusses the rising tensions in Brazil as the country’s largest party breaks away from President Dilma Rousseff’s coalition, paving the way for impeachment.</a></div></div><div class="b-radio__v-date">30 March 2016</div></li></ul></div></div><div class="l-dark"><div class="l-wrap"><div class="b-multimedia"><div class="b-photo"><h3 class="b-title"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/photo/">Photo</a></h3><div class="b-photo__main"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/photo/20160330/1037186658/skywalks-overlooks-architecture-photo.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212443im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103718/52/1037185278.jpg" width="405" height="229" alt="A View to Die For: World's Scariest Skywalks and Observation Points" title="A View to Die For: World's Scariest Skywalks and Observation Points" class=""></a><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/photo/20160330/1037186658/skywalks-overlooks-architecture-photo.html" class="b-photo__main-info">A View to Die For: World's Scariest Skywalks and Observation Points</a></div><ul class="b-photo__list"><li class="b-photo__item"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/photo/20160329/1037140239/syrian-army-militia-palmyra-liberation-photo.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212443im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103714/02/1037140256.jpg" width="195" height="100" alt="They Did It! 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Syrian Soldiers Savor the Liberation of Palmyra</a></div></li><li class="b-photo__item"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/photo/20160328/1037068166/uninhabited-islands-photos.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212443im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103706/78/1037067891.jpg" width="195" height="100" alt="Paradise for Introverts: 10 Islands Unspoiled by Civilization" title="Paradise for Introverts: 10 Islands Unspoiled by Civilization" class=""></a><div class="b-photo__announce"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/photo/20160328/1037068166/uninhabited-islands-photos.html">Paradise for Introverts: 10 Islands Unspoiled by Civilization</a></div></li></ul></div><div class="b-infographics"><h3 class="b-title"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/infographics/">Infographics</a></h3><div class="b-infographics__content"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/infographics/20160310/1036085200/europe-refugees-balkan-route.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212443im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/103608/48/1036084829.png" width="209" height="292" alt="Balkan route" title="Balkan route" class=""></a><div class="b-infographics__announce"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/infographics/20160310/1036085200/europe-refugees-balkan-route.html">Refugee Influx via Balkan Route</a></div></div></div><div class="b-video"><h3 class="b-title"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/cartoons/">Cartoons</a></h3><ul class="b-video__list"><li class="b-video__item"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/cartoons/20160330/1037216036/australia-refugees-movie-propaganda.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212443im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/103721/57/1037215714.jpg" width="280" height="209" alt="Blunder From Down Under" title="Blunder From Down Under" class=""></a><div class="b-video__announce"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/cartoons/20160330/1037216036/australia-refugees-movie-propaganda.html">Blunder From Down Under</a></div></li><li class="b-video__item"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/cartoons/20160329/1037154945/france-hollande-assad.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212443im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103715/44/1037154400.jpg" width="280" height="209" alt="Tangled" title="Tangled" class=""></a><div class="b-video__announce"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/cartoons/20160329/1037154945/france-hollande-assad.html">Tangled</a></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="l-wrap m-oh"><div class="l-maincolumn"><div class="b-opinion"><h3 class="b-title "><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/">Analysis & Opinion</a></h3><ul class="b-opinion__list "><li class="b-opinion__item"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160330/1037207673/syria-balkanization-yugoslavia-partitioning.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212443im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103504/51/1035045153.jpg" width="191" height="118" alt="A soldier of the Syrian Arab Army is seen here in Aleppo" title="A soldier of the Syrian Arab Army is seen here in Aleppo" class=""></a><h4 class="b-opinion__title"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160330/1037207673/syria-balkanization-yugoslavia-partitioning.html">Syria's Balkanization: Partitioning the Country 'Not a Good Option'</a></h4><div class="b-opinion__announce"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160330/1037207673/syria-balkanization-yugoslavia-partitioning.html">The division of Syria is not a good option and cannot be regarded as a permanent solution, Serbian geopolitical expert Dragana Trifkovic stresses, drawing parallels between Syria and Yugoslavia. When the West rushes in to redraw state borders, it usually means it plans to capitalize on the fragmentation, she adds.</a></div></li><li class="b-opinion__item"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160329/1037149977/nato-us-national-interests.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212443im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103019/36/1030193662.jpg" width="191" height="118" alt="Soldiers from NATO countries attend an opening ceremony of military exercise 'Saber Strike 2015', at the Gaiziunu Training Range in Pabrade some 60km.(38 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 8, 2015" title="Soldiers from NATO countries attend an opening ceremony of military exercise 'Saber Strike 2015', at the Gaiziunu Training Range in Pabrade some 60km.(38 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 8, 2015" class=""></a><h4 class="b-opinion__title"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160329/1037149977/nato-us-national-interests.html">Obsolete Alliance: Why It is Time for US to Withdraw From NATO</a></h4><div class="b-opinion__announce"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160329/1037149977/nato-us-national-interests.html">Evidence is mounting that the US commitment to NATO does not truly serve America's best interests in the twenty-first century, Ted Galen Carpenter notes; he asks whether it is time for the United States to withdraw from the alliance.</a></div></li><li class="b-opinion__item"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160329/1037143946/europe-terror-tolerance-security.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212443im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103714/28/1037142811.jpg" width="191" height="118" alt="A French Gendarme stands guard at the passport control of the airport in Montpellier, southern France, on November 20, 2015." title="A French Gendarme stands guard at the passport control of the airport in Montpellier, southern France, on November 20, 2015." class=""></a><h4 class="b-opinion__title"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160329/1037143946/europe-terror-tolerance-security.html">Fake Tolerance and Terror: Europe's on Alert and the Clock Is Ticking</a></h4><div class="b-opinion__announce"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160329/1037143946/europe-terror-tolerance-security.html">Europe is on alert. Europe is alarmed. Europe is suffering from terrorist attacks. Europe is doing its best to tackle the migration crisis and identify the jihadists hiding among the thousands of alleged refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Maghreb - and this sounds optimistic, but the reality is far more depressing.</a></div></li><li class="b-opinion__item"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160328/1037088025/russian-campaign-syria-results.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160330212443im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103225/42/1032254266.jpg" width="191" height="118" alt="Russia's Caspian Fleet launches Kalibr-NK cruise missiles against Daesh targets in Syria." title="Russia's Caspian Fleet launches Kalibr-NK cruise missiles against Daesh targets in Syria." class=""></a><h4 class="b-opinion__title"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160328/1037088025/russian-campaign-syria-results.html">Reaping Fruits of Victory: First Results of Russia’s Air Campaign in Syria</a></h4><div class="b-opinion__announce"><a href="/web/20160330212443/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160328/1037088025/russian-campaign-syria-results.html">The war on terrorism in Syria is not over yet. 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