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Economy
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Dependency On Russian Gas Makes The EU Impotent

The crisis in Ukraine has put the EU on high alert not only because of the prospect of war on its border, but also because the conflict between Ukraine and Russia threatens energy security in the rest of the continent as 30 per...
by Jan Vacula
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Middle East

Introducing: Mitt Romney

by Sam Kirk
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Europe
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Damage Control

Last week, a very serious espionage allegation regarding the NSA and several ‘allied’ countries was brought to light. Over the past 12 months whistle-blowers such as Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and Julian Assan...
by Nadim Souss
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Canada
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WATCH: A Short History of the Highrise

The National Film board of Canada has collaborated with the The New York Times Archive Department to create four interactive short films about the history of the highrise and modern living. These great feats of engineering have...
by Nicky Armstrong
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Africa
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Oil And The New Cold War In Sudan: Independence Of South Sudan Shrouded In Skepticism

The independence of South Sudan on July 2011 has been welcomed by the international community as a sign of high possibility of ending the humanitarian crisis in the region. Even though, this is a big challenge for Khartoum (Nor...
by Shafiy Mazlan
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Israel

Jerusalem: a city at war

President Obama and the US Democratic Convention took the unprecedented step of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This comes in the aftermath of the racist anti-Palestinian statements by the Republican candidate M...
by Nadim Souss
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Europe

Destruction of Guardian NSA Files: We Europeans Have Press Freedom Enshrined In Our Law Too

Last month the editor of the Guardian, the UK newspaper responsible for the publishing of Edward Snowden’s classified NSA files, wrote about how British security services compelled him to physically destroy the electronic equ...
by Gjis van Wanten
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Human Rights

Drones: A Terror in the Sky

The near constant presence of CIA drones “terrorises” much of the civilian population of Pakistan’s tribal areas according to a new report. Men, women, and children are subjected to almost constant trauma – including fe...
by Inquire Magazine
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USA

Daily News Roundup – 16 July 2012

Europe Athletes arriving in London for Olympics With 11 days to go until the Olympic Games are to start, thousands of athletes and officials have begun arriving at London’s Heathrow airport, which is expecting its busiest day...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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