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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 11 July 2012

Europe UK Parliament’s first steps for upper House reform The House of Commons voted last night to enable a Lords reform bill to move on to the next stage of its parliamentary passage. The Bill proposes a reform to the lower ...
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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 – October 19 2012

Europe Hollande: new bank deal eases Eurozone strains The French President, Francois Hollande, has said that a new deal to build a banking union next year will assist the Eurozone’s fusion and ease economic fragmentation.  T...
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Daily News Roundup – 10 December 2012

  Africa Morsi gives army arrest powers before vote Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has ordered the military to maintain security and protect state institutions in the run-up to a controversial referendum on a new constituti...
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‘Take Up the Word’: Santomean Scholar Calls For Push Back On Racial Stereotyping By The Media

In our everyday lives we are often exposed to stereotypical images of all kinds and, a lot of times, we do not even realize it.  We have grown used to seeing women as a “sexual object”, the black person as the “criminal...
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Mali’s truce

After surviving a rebellious scare that threatened the existence of the Nationhood of Mali in 2012, the country is back on the track to finding lasting peace; a peace which is not owed to French Military intervention that save...
by Samson Faboye
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Daily News Roundup – 26 June 2012

Europe EU unveils vision for future of monetary union Ahead of Thursday’s EU summit, European authorities have released a document spelling out their vision for the future of monetary union.  It includes the creation of a Eu...
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 19 JULY 2012

Latin America Indigenous tribe clashes with Columbian police forces Columbian police forces have forcefully removed an indigenous tribe from a mountainous region they were occupying, with more than 20 people injured. The tribe ...
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 20 SEPTEMBER 2012

Europe Italy try 22 CIA Agents on kidnap charges Italy’s highest court of appeal has found 23 Americans, all bar one being CIA agents, guilty of kidnapping Abu Omar, an Egyptian cleric, in Milan in 2003. The prosecution alleg...
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