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South Africans start voting in national and provincial polls

“I’LL never betray our fallen leaders,” the old man said proudly as he came out of the polling booth in Mpumalanga, one of South Africa’s nine provinces, shortly after dawn on Wednesday April 22nd. “I will always vote for the African National[...]

Barack Obama on torture and the CIA

“WE HAVE been through a dark and painful chapter in our history,” said Barack Obama on Thursday April 16th, as he released memos issued by the Office of Legal Counsel during the previous administration. Dark indeed. The memos lay out, in bland legalese,[...]

Feed : economist.com  | Updated : the 20/04

katewoods : "transparent image of America?"

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Political cartoons by Kevin Kallaugher

KAL's cartoon

Feed : economist.com  | Updated : the 12/04

katewoods : "go go Obama!"

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Barack Obama's charm offensive in Turkey

IT WAS sealed with an embrace. Barack Obama concluded a wide-ranging address before the Turkish parliament on Monday April 6th by kissing the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the cheeks. That appeared to please the parliamentarians, as did the[...]

Feed : economist.com  | Updated : the 07/04

katewoods : "but when he said the turks should integrate the EU, not everyone was glad."

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Barack Obama announces his new strategy for Afghanistan | A perilous mission

UNVEILING America’s new strategy for Afghanistan on Friday March 27th, Barack Obama conceded that the situation in the country is “increasingly perilous” and announced a narrower strategy for his soldiers to pursue. After an exhaustive series of[...]

Feed : economist.com  | Updated : the 30/03

katewoods : "harsh task."

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A new effort to sort out America's wretched banks

WILL it be second time lucky for Tim Geithner? On Monday March 23rd, six weeks after being heckled for a maddeningly vague bank-rescue plan, America’s beleaguered treasury secretary at last gave details of a public-private partnership to invest in the[...]

Feed : economist.com  | Updated : the 24/03

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Barack Obama reaches out, afresh, to Iran

BARACK OBAMA is making a determined effort to engage Iran. On Friday March 20th the president of America released a videotaped message to the Islamic Republic, offering a “new beginning” in relations between the two countries. In the recording, timed[...]

Feed : economist.com  | Updated : the 20/03

katewoods : "mmm...why does he not dissolve the otan instead that is causing troubles with Russia?"

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Hotel rates are falling in the costliest cities

HOTEL prices, just like houses and shares, are falling. The average room this year cost less than during 2008 in ten of the 12 most expensive cities surveyed by Hogg Robinson Group, a British corporate-travel firm. Abu Dhabi and Bangalore have so far[...]

Feed : economist.com  | Updated : the 17/03

katewoods : "Still for 1 hundrend bucks a night is quite expensive."

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Venezuela's term-limits referendum | Chávez for ever?

The president has won a referendum to abolish term limits. But the coming economic storm may make this a hollow victory

Feed : economist.com  | Updated : the 04/03

katewoods : "dictaror, not doubt about that."

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Cairo bomb blast kills French girl, 17

At least one tourist was killed and 21 people injured when a bomb exploded in a crowded Cairo marketplace yesterday, Egyptian police said. The explosion happened in the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, which is popular with tourists, in the centre of the capital.[...]

Feed : guardian.co.uk  | Updated : the 23/02

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