MALAYSIA: 'Ethnic bargain' is under strain

Ethnic agreement between the country's Malay, Chinese and Indian communities is a prerequisite...

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SLOVAKIA/HUNGARY: Law makes life harder for minority

Hungarian-speakers demonstrated yesterday against legislation on the compulsory use of Slovak....

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Russia calls up conscripts twice a year. The spring 2009 draft, which took place from April...

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Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt announced new EU migration proposals on August 25. Over the...

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In the latest move to silence critics, the government on August 24 announced that it intends to...

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Beijing intends maintaining China's 'socialist market economy' system and is determined not to...

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Priests in Plovdiv have called for postponing pop star Madonna's Sofia concert on August 29. The...

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Allegations made in July linked government officials with authorisation for a US company to sell...

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Dubai's reputation as an open, Western-friendly Arab country has suffered setbacks over the past...

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak visits Washington on August 18. Mubarak's first Washington visit...

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