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Putin: 'Russia won’t tolerate external interference'

As the Russian presidential campaign gets under way, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin took a another swing at the US, criticising Washington of seeking...

Anonymous hacks European Parliament website

The internet hacker collective Anonymous has brought down the European Parliament's website in a protest against Anti-Counterfeiting Trade...

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'Year of the Dragon'

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Ogilvy public affairs experts

A leap year, many predict 2012 will be “transformative”, “highly energetic” and “full of changes”. Public affairs experts at Ogilvy believe China will figure prominently in the world in 2012, in particular within the context of the future leadership transition and the 2012 annual Communist Party Congress.

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Why capital flows uphill

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Keyu Jin

At first, it seems difficult to grasp: global capital is flowing from poor to rich countries. Emerging-market countries run current-account surpluses, while advanced economies...

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Merkel’s machinations and the death of democracy

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David Cronin

Consider this question about Zimbabwe. Roughly one-tenth of the $330 million debt it “owes” the UK relates to the supply of British-made Land Rovers to the Zimbabwean...

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Demilitarising Muslim politics

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Shahid Javed Burki

ISLAMABAD – Can Muslim governments free themselves from their countries’ powerful militaries and establish civilian control comparable to that found in liberal...

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India’s year of living stagnantly

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Jaswant Singh

NEW DELHI – Will 2012 prove to be a year of renewal for India, or another annus horribilis? No country progresses unerringly, but India cannot afford another politically and...

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The State of the Union and the power of technological change

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Dr. Robert J. Shapiro

President Obama made inequality a major theme of his State of the Union address on 24 January, an unsurprising choice as he prepares to face Mitt Romney.

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What should an investor be doing right now?

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Clem Chambers

With central banks and politicians still at the forefront of the recovery as the IMF predicts Europe is entering recession, the role of the free markets have come into question....

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Standard & Poor's, granny poorer: Nothing has really changed

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Ralph T. Niemeyer

When the Polish EU Presidency and the European Parliament in October 2011 clinched a deal that beefed up standards for the practices of short-selling and trading in credit default...

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What are bankers doing inside EU summits?

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)

Privileged access to EU crisis summits helped the banking lobby avoid paying for their own excesses

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Let’s all win! Europe at work

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Staffan Nilsson

We need to keep alive a political vision of a European Union which is democratic, modern and a source of human progress; and we need to nourish it in the short term with a bold,...

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Egypt’s unfinished revolution will succeed

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Mohamed A. El-Erian

NEWPORT BEACH – A year ago, Egyptians of all ages and religions took to the streets and, in just 18 days of relatively peaceful protests, removed a regime that had ruled...

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Unemployment benefits - gains and losses

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Peter Taberner

If you are out of work in the US, then you are usually staring down a barrel of a fixed period where you would be eligible to claim unemployment benefits - with European...

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Human rights, democracy and the rule of law or dictatorship?

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John Hirst

I don't believe in defending my country, right or wrong. When it’s in the wrong then no amount of 'might-is-right drum' beating by certain elements in the media...

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Renminbi rising

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Justin Urquhart Stewart

LONDON - George Osborne's efforts two weeks ago to try and establish London as the Western centre for the trading of the Chinese currency should be congratulated however, some...

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Nationalisations are at hand, but will this collide with free market?

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Ralph T. Niemeyer

'Could Greece’s next rescue payout go straight into the pockets of London hedge funds?' asked the International Herald Tribune (IHT) on its front page of 11 January...

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Why are convicted criminals driving the EU’s defence agenda?

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David Cronin

Spare a thought these icy days of January for the arms industry. Recession has had such a devastating effect on makers of tanks and warplanes that the European Defence Agency is...

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Does debt matter?

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Robert Skidelsky

LONDON – Europe is now haunted by the spectre of debt. All European leaders quail before it. To exorcise the demon, they are putting their economies through the wringer.

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Asia in the 'Year of the Dragon'

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Haruhiko Kuroda

MANILA – This is the year of the 'Black Water Dragon', an astrological cycle that indicates change, but with a measure of calm, sensibility, and prudence. The people...

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Africa: Winning against AIDS

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Michel Sidibé

Winning the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2012 is something millions of people across Africa are dreaming of right now as the continent’s most prestigious football tournament...

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Repairing the global plumbing

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Mohamed A. El-Erian

NEWPORT BEACH – More than three years after the global financial crisis, the world still has a nasty plumbing problem.

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