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• The Dictatorship of Austerity in Italy

  

  The following is Part 2 of a two-part excerpt on ‘Italy in Crisis.’ These excerpts are rough-draft, unedited samples of a chapter on the European debt crisis... Read more

  The 09 July 2012 by   Andrewgavinmarshall
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• WikiLeaks Releases Syria Files as Friends of Syria Meet in Paris

  

  Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks is releasing over 2 million emails it promises will embarrass both Syria and the Western companies that worked with it, on the... Read more

  The 06 July 2012 by   Periscope
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• Measuring Green Growth: The Limits of GDP

  

  Many observers were disappointed at the outcome of the recent Rio+20 environmental summit, which produced no major new initiatives. But more than 86 companies... Read more

  The 05 July 2012 by   Center For International Private Enterprise
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• What You Need to Know About The Shard

  

  London - and Europe's - tallest building is set to open officially with a laser beam show and various visiting royalties. Here's what you need to know about... Read more

  The 05 July 2012 by   Periscope
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• Happy Fourth of July, Ex-pats: The View from Abroad

  

  The 4th of July, as an American living abroad, is complicated - but it's the one day when you really want to believe the hype. Read more

  The 04 July 2012 by   Periscope
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• The Greek Elections Under a Citizen’s Perspective

  

  Written by Iakov Frizis During the recent weeks, Greece has been through one of the most critical bifurcation points of its modern history. On the 17th of... Read more

  The 04 July 2012 by   Cdnews
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• The European Choice: Eject Button Or Permanent Solution?

  

  EU, Dawn of a New Age? Written by Iakov Frizis and Arion Thoksakis The world does not need any more ideas or suggestions. As Aristotle argued, what is to be... Read more

  The 04 July 2012 by   Cdnews
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• Straw Feminism

  

  Anita Sarkeesian on Straw Feminism I recently came across the concept of “Straw Feminism.” Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency defines the Straw feminist as... Read more

  The 04 July 2012 by   Juliez
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• Scientists Find New Particle: is It the Elusive Higgs-Boson?

  

  The Large Hadron Collider at Cern Photocredit: Image Editor http://flic.kr/p/47Psud The background For 45 years, scientists have been puzzling over why matter... Read more

  The 04 July 2012 by   Periscope
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• No-tax-hike Pledge Headed Toward a Slow Death?

  

  I subscribe to The Kiplinger Letter because I enjoy its insights on trends in business, government, politics and the economy. I was delighted to see this... Read more

  The 03 July 2012 by   Pjfaur
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