Posts Tagged ‘featured’
 

 

Daily News Roundup – 14 August

  Europe Breivik could have been stopped sooner, inquiry concludes An independent inquiry into Anders Behring Breivik’s attacks on a Christian youth camp in July 2011, which left 77 people dead and more than 240 wounded,...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Syria Sinking

Rats fleeing a sinking ship  
by Sam Kirk
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The Game of Europe’s Shortcomings

Let’s get straight to the point using someone else’s words: “We have construction mistakes of Economic and Monetary Union and it is time to correct them. It is clear that the core of the current debate has a name: further...
by Gilles Pittoors
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Daily News Roundup – 13 August 2012

  Europe Thousands flee fires in the Canary Islands as blazes sweep Spain Rampant forest fires on La Gomera, in Spain’s Canary Islands, have forced the evacuation of more than 5,000 people since Friday, with 910 taken by...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Proportional Response: Sweden and Belarus teddy bear row

You might have missed this story, but there is currently a bit of a diplomatic battle between Sweden and Belarus, and it’s all about some teddy bears…Can you guess what happened from the picture below? Read the full...
by Sam Kirk
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 10 AUGUST 2012

Middle East & Africa Expectations for Annan replacement It has been reported that Kofi Annan’s replacement as the UN-Arab League envoy for Syria will be Algerian Lakhdar Brahimi. Kofi Annan stepped down from the post last...
by Tom Dunbar
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Home truths about democracy in Swaziland

The spokesman of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), recently reaffirmed his party’s commitment to democratic reform in Swaziland. At a party conference Mr. Jackson Mthembu said that in princip...
by Mark Mngomezulu
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 9 AUGUST 2012

 North America US begins Agent Orange clean up  The United States (US) has begun the cleaning up of Agent Orange contamination in one of Vietnam’s region. It is the first time the US has made such a move since the end o...
by Tom Dunbar
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