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Daily News Roundup – 29 October 2012

  Africa Clinton to focus on Mali crisis in Algeria visit US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is visiting Algeria to discuss the growing threat posed by militant Islamists in neighbouring Mali, US officials say.  Earlier thi...
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Condemning honour killings as a moral relativist

Today’s shameful news that a Pakistani couple have killed their daughter by beating her and then burning 60% of her body with acid for daring to look at a boy presents me with a dilemma. I don’t believe that there is a mo...
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Daily News Roundup – 5 November 2012

  Asia Pakistani parents kill daughter with acid for looking at a boy A couple were been arrested in Pakistani-administered Kashmir last week, on suspicion of killing their 15-year old daughter with acid.  They have said they...
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Daily News Roundup – 8 August 2012

  Europe Standard Chartered shares recover Shares in British bank Standard Chartered have rebounded after their steepest one-day decline in decades.  The crash came as New York’s State Department of Financial Services a...
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Daily News Roundup – 6 August 2012

  Europe Mario Monti warns of “psychological break-up” of the European Union In an interview with Germany’s der Spiegel magazine yesterday, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti warned that the eurozone crisis was creat...
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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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Daily News Roundup – 24 September 2012

  Europe Opposition shut out of parliament after Belarus election Belarus has elected a parliament filled with supporters of President Alexander Lukashenko, after a boycott by the two main opposition parties.  Election of...
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Daily News Roundup – 5 September 2012

  Europe Heathrow row escalates following British cabinet reshuffle London Mayor Boris Johnson has called for the British Government to permanently rule out building a third runway at Heathrow airport, as ministers gave as...
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Daily News Roundup – 7 November 2012

  Asia China prepares for Communist Party congress to choose new leaders Final preparations are underway in Beijing ahead of a Communist Party congress at which a new generation of leaders will be unveiled.  All delegates hav...
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