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Daily News Roundup – 6 September 2012

  Europe Mario Draghi to unveil bond-buying plan for the eurozone Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, is expected to unveil details of a new bond-buying plan later today.  The ECB is expected to help cut...
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Daily News Roundup – 22 October 2012

  Africa Nigerian soldiers ‘killed by Boko Haram’ in ongoing violence Several Nigerian soldiers have been killed by suspected Islamist militants in the north-eastern town of Potiskum.  The town has seen days of violence, ...
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Daily News Roundup – 27 June 2012

  Europe EU summit to discuss direct recapitalisation of Spanish banks Spain’s Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said today that direct recapitalisation of Spain’s banks using EU bailout funds will be discussed at the m...
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Daily News Roundup – 17 July 2012

  Europe G4S chief to face British Parliament over Olympics security Nick Buckles, the chief executive of security firm G4S, is to explain to British MPs later today why his firm was unable to provide the number of securit...
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WATCH: Global Sanitation – Let’s Talk Crap

In this TED talk, British journalist and author Rose George discusses – with enjoyable and necessary humour – diarrhoea and global sanitation. She offers some sobering statistics: 2.5 billion people – 40% of the world’s...
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Daily News Roundup – 5 December 2012

  Africa Mali crisis: Tuareg rebels in talks with government Government officials in Mali have held the first direct talks with rebel groups that seized the north of the country after a coup earlier this year.  The Burkina Fa...
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Daily News Roundup – 31 October 2012

  Africa Twenty villagers murdered in Nigeria Gunmen have killed 20 people, including a traditional leader, in an attack on a village in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, a local official has said.  The attackers stormed Ka...
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The significance of Jon Stewart

Earlier this month, Jon Stewart announced that he was leaving Comedy Central’s The Daily Show after 16 years as host.  For much of that time, The Daily Show set (and continues to) the gold standard for television satire in t...
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Daily News Roundup – 20 November 2012

  Africa Mali Islamists claim Menaka victory over rebels Militant Islamists in northern Mali say they have driven Tuareg-led rebels out of the desert town of Menaka.  The rebels have denied the claim, insisting that fighting ...
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