Threats remain to Mano River stability in West Africa

Late 2011 has seen largely positive developments for stability across the resource-rich Mano...

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Austerity and new treaty may snap Dutch coalition

Although the economy weathered the euro-area financial crisis relatively well until mid-2011,...

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Driven by its need to secure resources and counter rising Chinese competition, Japan is extending...

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on December 7 formally received transitional Malagasy head of...

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Parliament on November 30 approved the most austere budget since Portugal became a democracy in...

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The European Commission and the ECB yesterday warned that Italy's liquidity crisis risks pushing...

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A number of international state-building operations are expected to scale down or come to a close...

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Radical institutional changes are being prepared to meet the challenges of the euro-area crisis. ...

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With the euro-area heading into recession, several member states risk missing their fiscal...

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Southern African countries largely maintained stronger growth in 2011 despite a modest...

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