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Analysis
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Monday, 20 May, 2013
By Fabien Zamora — THE recovery of the Japanese economy, just as a recession in Europe digs in, is renewing pressure on European policymakers to shift course from austerity to stimulus. Data showed Japan's economy grew markedly in the first quarter, only weeks after a new government and a new team a
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Monday, 20 May, 2013
By Kerry Sheridan — THE hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up $8 billion in the past decade, and the failure of the most recent efficacy trial has delivered yet another setback to 26 years of efforts. With the next attempts expected to be years away, top researchers now say there is a "void" or a "
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Monday, 20 May, 2013
By David Lewis — AFTER winning adulation across Mali for a five month military offensive that crushed Al Qaeda fighters, France is now frustrating some of its allies by pushing for a political settlement with a separate group of Tuareg rebels. A standoff over how to restore Malian government authori
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Monday, 20 May, 2013
By Bill Smith and Siddhartha Kumar — CHINA and India are trying to downplay their latest border spat but years of mistrust hang over a visit by Premier Li Keqiang to New Delhi to boost political and economic ties, analysts and officials said. "China and India have historical border issues, but these
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Sunday, 19 May, 2013
WITH no sign of an end to three mushrooming scandals, the White House acknowledged the rising dangers by launching a concerted effort at damage control. In a whirlwind few hours, the administration moved forcefully to counter criticism of its handling of the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, the se
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Sunday, 19 May, 2013
By Siegfried Modola — ABDU Ibrahim Mohammed was 15 years old when he began trekking with caravans of camels to collect salt in a sun-blasted desert basin of north Ethiopia that is one of the hottest places on earth. Now 51 and retired, he has passed his camels to his son to pursue this centuries-old
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Sunday, 19 May, 2013
By Pat Reber and Feihu Li — DEMOCRATIC leaders in the US Congress added their voice to growing calls for more American firms to join a broadening global coalition to push for building and fire safety in Bangladesh. Only two US firms have signed on to an unprecedented commitment by western, mostly Eu
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Sunday, 19 May, 2013
By Arun Prakash — NO matter what cosmetic gloss (or acne ointment) is put on the recent stand-off between the Indian border police and the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), India is perceived as having come off second best in test of wiils, as the Chinese intruded across the Line of Actual Control (LAC
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Sunday, 19 May, 2013
By Tom Miles — AS British Prime Minister David Cameron struggles to accommodate eurosceptics in his own party, trade experts warn that quitting the European Union would force Britain not just to rework trade relations with the EU, but also with the EU's trade partners and probably the World Trade Or
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Sunday, 19 May, 2013
By Paul Taylor — TURKEY'S achievement of investment-grade status crowns a decade of rapid growth, financial stability and political reform by a "tiger" economy on the seam of Europe and Asia, but the rising power still faces pitfalls in a dangerous neighbourhood. Moody's Investors Service raised its
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