Odds are against new political role for Italy's Monti

By yesterday, the Milan stock market had recovered most of Monday's losses resulting from Prime...

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Ghana stability is likely despite NPP challenge

Defeated presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo yesterday confirmed a Supreme Court challenge to...

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Only the scale of the electoral victory for Victor Ponta's Social Liberal Union (USL) on December...

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Prime Minister Mario Monti announced on December 8 that he will resign by year-end. The collapse...

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On December 4, the EU's Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) granted Greece a two-year...

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While big business has long been treated with suspicion by many voters in both the United States...

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After nearly six long years, the housing market is showing signs that it is finally bottoming...

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Bank of Canada (BoC) Governor Mark Carney will become one of the most powerful unelected...

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Egypt's transition is ending 2012 in the throes of multiple crises. The coming year could see the...

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Angola's August elections illustrate how the past year in this region saw little deviation from...

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