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The Austerity Debacle

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Paul Krugman - Jan. 30 (Opinion) - Britain is doing worse this time than it did during the Great Depression. Four years into the Depression, British G.D.P. had regained its previous peak; four years after the Great Recession began, Britain is nowhere close to regaining its lost ground.

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Keynes Was Right

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Paul Krugman - Dec. 30 (Opinion) - Once again, when politicians and policy makers decided to focus on deficits, not jobs, they proved Keynes right about a slump being the wrong time for austerity.

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David Cameron’s move to save the City, not the euro

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Anne Applebaum - Dec. 12 (Opinion) - .. no other European capital thinks quite like London, and no other European capital will think like London anytime soon.

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EU adds more sanctions against Iran

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:54:00 -0800

The Independent - Dec. 01 - Europe stepped up economic and diplomatic sanctions against Iran today, in a move Foreign Secretary William Hague said was not prompted by the attack on the UK embassy in Tehran. At talks with fellow EU foreign ministers Mr Hague welcomed what he describ

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'Don't kill my son. He is not guilty of bombing the metro'

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:26:16 -0800

The Independent - Dec. 01 - There is only one person who can stop the execution of Lyubov Kovalyova's 25-year-old son, Vladislav. Unfortunately for her, it is Alexander Lukashenko, the ruthless dictator who has ruled Belarus since 1994. He is not known for his compassion.

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Europe's last executioner condemns two more to a bullet in the back of the head

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:21:58 -0800

The Independent - Nov. 30 - With his wiry frame clad in a blue shellsuit, a disengaged expression and cropped, mousy hair, Dmitry Konovalov looks more like a playground terrorist than a real one. But a court in Belarus yesterday decided that, together with his friend Vladislav Kovalyov, he was responsible for a series of very real crimes, the worst of which was the planning and execution of a bomb attack on the Minsk metro system in April this year, which killed 15 people and injured over 200. Amid gasps of shock and cries of disgust in the viewing gallery, the pair were sentenced to death.

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French courts jail six Somali pirates for kidnapping couple

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:21:54 -0800

The Independent - Nov. 30 - A Paris court yesterday convicted five of six Somali men on trial for kidnapping the two-person crew of a yacht after hijacking it off the African country's coast three years ago.

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Vienna has best living standard in the world, survey finds

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:07:00 -0800

The Independent - Nov. 30 - Vienna has the best living standard in the world - and Baghdad the worst, according to an annual survey. Mercer consulting group also gave German and Swiss cities top rankings, putting four of them among the first five, and says European cities represent

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Germany’s Denial, Europe’s Disaster

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:20:53 -0800

New York Times - Nov. 30 (Opinion) - The only way to restore market confidence is with a real bailout fund financed in Europe.

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How Can Europe Possibly Save Itself?

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Atlantic Monthly - By Megan McArdle - Nov. 29 (Opinion) - Well, things are getting a little gnarly in Europe. When you're down to the point of celebrating that Italy managed to place some debt at the low, low price of 7.6% . . . well, it's two for one drinks specials at the first class bar on the Titanic!

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Protester Dies In Ukraine

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:17:00 -0800

Radio Free Europe - Nov. 27 - To get best possible experiance using our website we recommend that you upgrade to a newer version or other web browser. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below. Just click on the icons to get to the download page Radio Free Europe / R

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Boring, Cruel Euro Romantics

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Paul Krugman - Nov. 21 (Opinion) - There’s a word I keep hearing lately: “technocrat.” Sometimes it’s used as a term of scorn — the creators of the euro, we’re told, were technocrats who failed to take human and cultural factors into account. Sometimes it’s a term of praise: the newly installed prime ministers of Greece and Italy are described as technocrats who will rise above politics and do what needs to be done.

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Op-Ed Columnist: The Technocratic Nightmare

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By David Brooks, New York Times - Nov. 18 (Opinion) - The European Union is an attempt to build an economic and legal superstructure without a linguistic, cultural, historic and civic base. No wonder it’s in crisis.

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Parkinson's 'linked with solvent'

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:57:00 -0800

BBC News - Nov. 14 - 13 November 2011 Last updated at 23:57 ET By Neil Bowdler Health reporter, BBC News A doctor examines the hands of a man with Parkinson's disease An international study has linked an industrial solvent to Parkinson's disease. Researchers found a six-fold

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Op-Ed Columnist: Legends of the Fail

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Paul Krugman - Nov. 10 (Opinion) - With Italy following Greece off a cliff, it’s hard to see how the euro can survive. Now that the euro project is on the rocks, what lessons should we draw?

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The euro crisis: Eurodoom

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - Nov. 02 (Editorial) - I suppose it's worth mentioning that Europe is back to crumbling before our very eyes. Late yesterday, the prime minister of Greece announced a plan to hold a referendum on the newly negotiated rescue deal. I'll let Roberto Perli, from the International Strategy and Investment Group, explain the political dynamics: Papandreou’s motives are understandable: So far the opposition has provided no support for the measures that he has been forced to push through, and he and his party have been left alone facing the public anger.

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France, Islam and the banlieues: a debate on the place of Islam and class in the suburbs

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Michèle Tribalat, Gérard Mauger - Nov. 01 (Opinion) - In an effort to allay concerns about Islam in France, policymakers and analysts have either tried to play down its importance or sought to blend it into the landscape. Islam is often portrayed as an integral part of French history: its presence simply follows on from ancient history. The basis for this argument is shaky, for it refers to an era when Christendom – not yet referred to as the west – was in retreat, driven back by the force of Islamic arms.

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End of the line for fancy Steuben crystal

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - Oct. 24 - In "Risky Business," a 1983 comedy drama starring Tom Cruise, a mother's prized Steuben (stew-'BEN) glass egg goes missing from the mantelpiece only to reappear - imperceptibly nicked - in the nick of time.

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Euro Zone Death Trip - New York Times

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:25:20 -0700

New York Times - Sep. 25 (Opinion) - Financial TimesEuro Zone Death TripNew York TimesIs it possible to be both terrified and bored? That's how I feel about the negotiations now under way over how to respond to Europe's economic crisis, and I suspect other observers share the sentiment. On one side, Europe's situation is ...Merkel Says Greece Needs 'Barrier' Erected to Stave Off DefaultBusinessWeekMerkel: Europe's rescue fund needs to be expandedThe Associated PressGreek default would destroy faith in Europe: MerkelReutersBoston Globeall 250 news articles »

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The World from Berlin: 'Dear God, Let's Get it Over With'

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:04:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - Sep. 22 - DPA A pope protester awaits the pontiff's arrival on Thursday. The pope's visit to Germany this week promises to be difficult. Abuse scandals among priests worldwide have dimmed enthusiasm for the leader of the Catholic Church, even in his homeland, and

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US preparing for post-Assad Syria: report

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:19:00 -0700

Dawn - By Afp - Sep. 20 - Members of Syrian opposition living in Turkey, wave their national and Turkish flags as they stage a protest against the Syrian regime outside the United Nations headquarters in Ankara on September 19, 2011. – AFP Photo WASHINGTON: The United States is i

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How to save the euro

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - Sep. 15 (Editorial) - So grave, so menacing, so unstoppable has the euro crisis become that even rescue talk only fuels ever-rising panic. Investors have sniffed out that Europe’s leaders seem unwilling ever to do enough. Yet unless politicians act fast to persuade the world that their desire to preserve the euro is greater than the markets’ ability to bet against it, the single currency faces ruin. As credit lines gum up and outsiders plead for action, it is not just the euro that is at risk, but the future of the European Union and the health of the world economy.

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Op-Ed Columnist: The Age of Outrage

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:56:47 -0700

New York Times - By By ROGER COHEN - Aug. 13 (Opinion) - In Europe, August morphed into the serious season and the beach lost out to the barricades.

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UK riots: political classes see what they want to see

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Aditya Chakrabortty - Aug. 10 (Opinion) - Like everyone else, I've spent most of the past week glued to news of the riots. In my case though, many reports have carried a tingle of nostalgia. You see, I grew up not far from the ground zero of the disturbances – in Edmonton, just north of where this week's violence began in Tottenham – and so the updates on looting and destruction have also summoned up memories of school trips, bus rides and teenage work experience. "Ah, yes," I would think while the radio burbled away over the weekend, "I know that (now burnt-out) carpet shop." Or: "Aren't there always boarded-up shops on Fore Street?"

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The Past Is a Foreign Country

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Jo Nesbo - Jul. 27 (Opinion) - A FEW days ago, before the bombing here and the shootings on Utoya Island, a friend and I were talking about how the joy of being alive always seems to go hand in hand with the sorrow that things change. Not even the brightest future can make up for the fact that no roads lead back to what came before — to the innocence of childhood or the first time we fell in love.

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