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Daily News Roundup – 3 December 2012

  Africa Judges refuse to oversee Morsi referendum Judges in Egypt have refused to oversee a vote on the country’s new draft constitution, due to be held in two weeks.  The Judges’ Club’s decision follows a confrontatio...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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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...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 14 SEPTEMBER 2012

Middle East and Africa Protests spread to Sudan with anger of ‘anti-Islam’ film Protests have erupted in the Sudanese capital Khartoum where both German and British embassies have been attacked after anger was fuelled by a ...
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Human Rights

Trapped In Chains: The Plague Of Modern-Day Slavery

History books tell the 400-year story of one of the most unfathomable practices ever engaged in by mankind – of humans being bought, sold and traded as commodities, and of men and women shackled together on slave ships destin...
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Daily News Roundup – 21 August 2012

  Latin America Belize at risk of debt default Belize is in danger of defaulting on its national debt after it missed a $23m bond payment, which was due on Monday.  The government has the rest of a 30-day grace period to ...
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Do You Have Skin In The Game?

Do you have ‘skin in the game’? Ayn Rand, Noam Chomsky, and Jérôme Cahuzac, interestingly, do or did not have that. ‘Skin in the game’ refers to a person putting his  or her money where his or her mouth is. P...
by Bernard Lim
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Daily News Roundup – 3 July 2012

Europe Barclays CEO Bob Diamond resigns The boss of Barclays plc, Bob Diamond, has resigned from the bank with immediate effect less than a week after Barclays was fined for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending rates.  He b...
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Daily News Roundup – 11 September 2012

  Europe Spanish Prime Minister rejects bailout conditions Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, speaking in his first television interview since taking office, has said he will not accept outside conditions over a possi...
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 12 JULY 2012

  Africa NGOs make camp appeal in Somalia Aid agencies have made an appeal for aid to fund a camp in Dadaab, where nearly 400,000 people are seeking refuge. They claim that the world’s largest refugee camp is running out...
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