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Analysis
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Sunday, 31 July, 2011
By Richard Lough - Even among refugees fleeing famine-stricken Somalia there are the “haves” and “have-nots” — those who cross the border in a battle for survival and those who can pay for a car. “I paid $150 to be brought to Liboi from Mogadishu,” said Abshira Abdullahi, speaking in the courtyard o
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Sunday, 31 July, 2011
By William James and Carmel Crimmins - Ireland’s insistence that it is different from Greece and the rest of the euro zone periphery appears finally to be striking a chord among investors. Irish sovereign debt prices staged an impressive rally last week in spite of growing bond market volatility els
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Sunday, 31 July, 2011
By Joe Brock - President Goodluck Jonathan’s plan to change Nigerian presidential tenures to a single, longer term could tackle some of the country’s electoral problems but the announcement’s timing and lack of clarity have provoked criticism. A statement from the presidency last week said Jonathan
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Saturday, 30 July, 2011
By Andreas Landwehr - Following years of speculation about the direction of China’s naval defence strategy, the burgeoning superpower has for the first time officially confirmed that it is in the process of rebuilding an imported aircraft carrier. China’s Defence Ministry said the vessel — which is
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Saturday, 30 July, 2011
By Sonya Dowsett - Spanish opposition leader Mariano Rajoy sees himself as a moderate head of the right-wing Popular Party (PP), but is ready to inflict shock therapy on the economy if he wins a snap general election in November. Opinion polls suggest that Rajoy, a 56-year-old father of two, will le
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Saturday, 30 July, 2011
By Bernd Debusmann - No matter how the wrangling over America’s national debt is resolved, it will leave lasting dents in the international image of a country that prides itself on its can-do spirit and its competence. “The entire whole world is watching,” as President Barack Obama put it, and parts
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Saturday, 30 July, 2011
By Jonathan Saul and Mark John - Pirate attacks on ships in the Gulf of Guinea are threatening one of the world’s emerging trade hubs and are likely to intensify unless the region’s weak naval and coastguard defences are beefed up soon. Stretching from Guinea on Africa’s northwestern tip down to Ang
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Saturday, 30 July, 2011
By Peter Apps - Often radicalised unseen and online, ‘lone wolf’ attackers — as the gunman who killed 76 people in Norway — are tough to detect and may pose a growing challenge to authorities. Anders Behring Breivik claims to be part of a wider network of so-called “Knights Templar” crusaders with a
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Saturday, 30 July, 2011
By Missy Ryan - Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi shows no sign of giving any ground as the opposition makes progress in foreign lands and with no breakthrough likely in the unrest, a stalemate looks set to extend well into the Holy Month of Ramadhan. If anything, diplomatic efforts to end the five-month conf
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Wednesday, 27 July, 2011
By Vicente Poveda -
In the extensive manifesto he published on the internet, Oslo killer Anders Behring Breivik defined himself as a “Knight Templar.” He also claimed that the legendary and somewhat mysterious military order was refounded nine years ago in London. Seven centuries after the medieva
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