UNITED KINGDOM: Cuts set to put Union at risk

A referendum on electoral reform will be held on May 5, 2011, the BBC reported today. In 1998,...

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JAPAN: Government and business relations warm

The Tankan index rose from minus 14 in March to plus 1 in June, the Bank of Japan reported today....

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Mari Kiviniemi was appointed prime minister on June 22. It seems that the new/old government will...

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Public sector workers in France staged a strike yesterday in protest against the planned pension...

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There are disagreements but no conflict with South Ossetian Prime Minister Vadim Brovtsev, the...

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Chancellor George Osborne yesterday set out a five-year plan to eliminate the structural...

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Society has become more unequal, and with an increased incidence of poverty. This is the context...

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The impact of the economic crisis on healthcare services continues to be a central policy concern...

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Civic Democrat leader Necas has been asked to form a government. He is likely to head a...

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According to a report yesterday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, human trafficking is the...

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