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Daily News Roundup – 12 October 2012

Europe European Union win Nobel Peace Prize The European Union (EU) has won the Nobel Peace Price for its work to obtain, manage and sustain peace within Europe. The supra-national body was initially set up as a resource trade ...
by Tom Dunbar
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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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EURO 2012 UPDATE: Nationalist Riots

Nationalism and footballing sympathies came to a head in Warsaw on Tuesday prior to the second leg of the EURO 2012 group stages, in a match between historical and political rivals Russia and Poland in their first meeting since...
by Colin Busby
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Microcredit—Still Sexy?

Nearly seven years ago, the United Nations (UN) declared that 2005 was the ‘year of microcredit.’ Thirty years after Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus pioneered the phenomenon of microcredit (also known as micro-...
by Tiffany Brittingham
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP -30TH JUNE 2012

Asia North Korea accused of arms deal with Syria The United Nations (UN) released a report yesterday that states North Korea has violated UN resolutions, including possible arms deals with Syria and Myanmar. A panel of independ...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Roundup – 26 September 2012

  Europe New Archbishop of Canterbury to be chosen Church officials are preparing for a three-day meeting to decide who will be the new Archbishop of Canterbury, with current Archbishop Dr Rowan Williams to step down in De...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Food, Blankets and Shelter—Only Basic Needs?

Let’s just go ahead and state the obvious—it is much easier for an NGO to market basic needs programs than it is to market programs directed at resolving more complicated issues. Because the more complicated issues (for...
by Tiffany Brittingham
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Venezuela Decides

Venezuela’s elections are just a few days ahead and right now the two main contenders are competing in close race, according to the main polls in the country. As expected, both contenders Hugo Chavez, 53, going after a th...
by Victor Julio Galicia
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Daily News Roundup – 9 October 2012

  North America US scientists aim to make human sperm from stem cells US researchers say they will redouble their efforts to create human  sperm from stem cells following the success of a Japanese study involving mice.  ...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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