The financial crisis, and the resulting sovereign debt problems of the poorer countries within the EU have raised questions about ...
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World food prices grew strongly from 2003, but fell sharply after the 2008 onset of the global financial crisis. Since ...
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Looking at the world and war on terror, post the capture and killing of Bin Laden; what are the concerns ...
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As the ice melts and the untapped mineral resources of the region become more accessible, there is increasing international tension ...
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Professor Keeble will look at the numerous attempts by Western powers to assassinate Col. Khadafi over the last 40 years ...
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With the wave of 'revolutions' sweeping North Africa and the Middle East and raising hopes of democratisation across these regions, ...
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There is growing evidence that ever-increasing economic growth in wealthy countries is neither environmentally sustainable nor socially beneficial, yet the ...
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On the 17th March the UN Security Council committed to employ ‘all necessary means’ to end violence against civilians in Libya: ...
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Algeria is the largest country in the Arab world and the civil conflict which ended in 2002 showed that the ...
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Banks were once kept on a tight leash, but almost four decades of neo-liberal free market ideology let them loose ...
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Civil tensions in Kyrgyzstan came to a head in April 2010, when President Bakiyev was toppled and an interim government ...
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Brian Whitaker has done a variety of jobs at the Guardian including most recently 7 years as Middle East Editor. He ...
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Privatisation of public services has been a core feature of the corporate globalisation agenda promoted and engineered by international financial ...
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The US midterm elections saw the Republicans regain control of the House of Representatives and add to their numbers in ...
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