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Global food prices stabilise but markets are tight
Global food prices fell by 1.4% month-on-month in April, the UN Food and Agriculture...
InternationalYemen's fragile transition keeps civil war at bay
Islamist militants claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack on a gas pipeline in eastern...
YemenUneven Sudanese pressure will struggle to yield talks
A US-sponsored draft UN Security Council resolution threatens both Juba and Khartoum with...
SudanIntervention thrives as development economics fades
Development economics flourished in the post-war period as a sub-discipline of economics whose...
InternationalGlobal FDI trends indicate long-term confidence
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows rose by 16.5% last year, to 1.66 trillion...
InternationalUN sanctions could prompt Pyongyang to retaliate
The United Nations Security Council yesterday adopted a presidential statement, backed by all 15...
North KoreaAusterity hinders development of EU battle groups
EU battle groups reached official operational capacity in 2005. While hailed as a significant...
EUWithdrawal key to Syrian ceasefire implementation
The ceasefire which came into effect at 0300 GMT today under UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's...
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