GERMANY: Merkel brings spark to foreign policy

German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets US President George Bush in Washington today. Merkel had an...

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AFRICA: Shift from Western oil majors has limits

The Chinese oil company CNOOC Limited announced a 2.3 billion dollar purchase of a 45% stake in...

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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon will meet...

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The New York Times is debating whether to disclose why it delayed for more than a year the...

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Parliament voted Linda Murniece the new defence minister on January 5. Murniece replaces New Era...

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Crucial steps are expected to resolve outstanding issues of statehood and territory left over...

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The UN is emerging from a difficult year that saw the release of the Volcker Inquiry Report into...

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Government weaknesses complicate the pressing task of ensuring that EU accession remains on track.

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The crisis in November 1995 -- when the Nigerian government executed Ken Saro-Wiwa and other...

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The Supreme Court of Canada stimulated controversy over the issue in June, by overturning the ban...

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