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Afghanistan

‘The Base With No Foundation’

Fawaz Gerges, a prominent Middle Eastern scholar, notes that there exists a ‘terrorism narrative’ in the West. Amongst government officials and the wider public, the notion of imminent terrorist attack seems institutionali...
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Asia

The legacy of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew

Lee Kuan Yew, who led the city-state Singapore from 1959 until 1990, has died at the age of 91. Of his life, Lee once said: “Singapore is my concern till the end of my life. Why should I not want Singapore to continue to succ...
by Ijeoma Okoye
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Daily News Roundup – 28th June 2012

Europe UK economy: officially in a double dip recession The day after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced another fiscal U-turn – this time on fuel – official statistics have today confirmed a double ...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Roundup – 25 July 2012

  Europe Recession in UK deepens Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that theUK’s economic output fell by 0.7% in Q2 this year.  This contraction is bigger than expected, and was at...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Daily News Roundup – 28 September 2012

Europe France tax reform for rich France has released a budget that will increase tax for the top 10% of earners, including a 75% tax on those who earn in excess of 1 million Euros per annum. The remaining ten per cent await ho...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Roundup – 19 November 2012

  Asia US President Obama hails Burma’s ‘remarkable journey’ Burma is on a “remarkable journey” of reform but has much further to go, Barack Obama has said as he made the first visit to the South East Asian natio...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Detail of BBC Future’s graphic (screen shot of Tomorrow’s World by Information is Beautiful Studio/ via BBC Future)

Take a Peek at the Next 150 Years

With the start of the New Year, organizations often take the opportunity to publish outlooks on the upcoming year. Some take this very seriously and predict tech inventions even further into the future. BBC Future has released ...
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Human Rights

Torture And The CIA: An Examination Of The Senate Intelligence Committee Report

The recent publishing of a report by the Senate Intelligence Committee has caused a storm in Washington, and a flurry of worldwide political and public reactions. In the wake of the revelations that the CIA, under the auspices ...
by Simon Fraser
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 6 July 2012

North America Romney first to out-fundraise a Presidential incumbent President Obama has been the first President in US history to be outspent in a re-election campaign. This comes as the incumbent’s rival Republican, Mitt Ro...
by Tom Dunbar
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