LEBANON: Further unrest looms as Mikati assesses STL

President Michel Suleiman yesterday appointed Najib Mikati as the new prime minister-designate....

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BALTIC STATES: Gender ratio hurts men and women alike

In Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the male/female imbalance and life expectancy differential are...

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The national unity government at its first cabinet meeting yesterday announced an amnesty...

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Sadr gave a homecoming sermon to his followers on January 8, after three years in Iran. The...

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Poland holds the six-month rotating EU presidency from July 1. Parliamentary elections due in the...

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Germany has the largest population of resident foreigners in Europe: 7.2 million, or 8% of the...

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Riots in Maan on January 4 and clashes following the University of Jordan student union election...

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When members of the 112th US Congress took their seats on January 5, the new Republican...

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Islamic finance is a rapidly growing segment of international financial markets. However, over...

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Relations between Latvia and Russia have been tense since the collapse of the Soviet Union. ...

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