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@garliceye I'm now at @latimesworld and not checking this Twitter account so often, apologies! 6:38 PM May 7th via web in reply to garliceye
@willcarless @vosdscott a belated thanks although I missed what it was I was supposed to know! 5:20 PM Mar 2nd via web in reply to willcarless
@shaker0309 Yes! 4:52 PM Feb 20th via web in reply to shaker0309
Canada revs up for fight over second tar sands oil pipeline lat.ms/wn5cIx 7:09 AM Feb 20th via Los Angeles Times for iPhone
Chinese couples come to U.S. to have children through surrogacy lat.ms/wsrVzk 1:46 PM Feb 19th via Los Angeles Times for iPhone
Pakistan torture case shows how courts are working to claim power lat.ms/wbeVXw 1:45 PM Feb 19th via Los Angeles Times for iPhone
I'm migrating to @LATimesworld for international news tweets. Please follow me there! I'll still use this account, but less often. 8:36 AM Feb 11th via web
UN_News_Centre UN welcomes charges against army colonel over mass rapes in #Guinea ow.ly/90juT #humanrights #women 4:30 PM Feb 10th via HootSuite Retweeted by emilyschoolsyou and 5 others
@nekaro @lauraolin @BBCLiveNews is a fake Twitter account. Appears to be a random rumor that took over Weibo, the Chinese Twitter. 2:25 PM Feb 10th via web in reply to nekaro
jdavidgoodman not sure @gawker's plan to confirm specious rumor in China is going to bear fruit. Our reporters there say it's bogus. gaw.kr/yUYxSO 2:23 PM Feb 10th via TweetDeck Retweeted by emilyschoolsyou
dandrezner RT @FP_Magazine: Lies, damn lies, and Weibo rumors of Kim Jong Un’s demise bit.ly/x7BYe4 1:48 PM Feb 10th via web Retweeted by emilyschoolsyou and 3 others
APaulDunn Oh, and Twitter has responded and deleted @BBCLiveNews. I wonder if the Kim Jong-Un rumour will continue to spread. 2:06 PM Feb 10th via TweetDeck Retweeted by emilyschoolsyou and 1 other
The poem that helped land a Chinese dissident in prison for seven years: latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012… 1:35 PM Feb 10th via web
Left, right or center? The great Daniel Hernandez explains Mexican political parties: latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012… 1:24 PM Feb 10th via web
FareedZakaria Should the international community intervene militarily in #Syria? Welcome your thoughts here: globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/10/sho… 11:33 AM Feb 10th via web Retweeted by emilyschoolsyou and 28 others
cnnjill State Dept. official says recon photos of S#yria attacks show "very sophisticated" military hardware being used against civilians. 11:11 AM Feb 10th via web Retweeted by emilyschoolsyou and 25 others
DoubleEph We are more similar to the Greeks than we imagine. And we will hit the wall too before we undertake radical reforms 11:27 AM Feb 10th via TweetDeck Retweeted by emilyschoolsyou and 2 others
The Maldives are in political upheaval. So why do we care about the Maldives? latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012… 10:00 AM Feb 10th via web
latimes Aleppo, Syria, long loyal to the government, appears to waver lat.ms/zZAk8s 8:25 AM Feb 9th via HootSuite Retweeted by emilyschoolsyou and 9 others
ahmed Ugarit News YouTube channel has not been updated in two days. Anyone knows what happened to them? youtube.com/playlist?list=… 7:28 AM Feb 10th via TweetDeck Retweeted by emilyschoolsyou and 3 others

Name Emily Alpert
Location Southern California
Bio Journalist. Just joined the Los Angeles Times WorldNow blog after four fabulous years covering education for voiceofsandiego.org. Now tweeting at @latimesworld!