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CYPRUS: UN could give up on faltering peace process
The UN has set the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaderships until end-January to devise a plan to...
CyprusLEBANON: Hizbollah weighs options as indictments loom
Israeli army chief Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi warned on November 15 of the possibility of...
LebanonINTERNATIONAL: Food prices could increase instability
The global food import bill will reach 1.026 trillion dollars in 2010, up almost 15% from last...
InternationalHAITI: Political factors drive cholera unrest
UN peacekeepers yesterday were attacked in civil unrest in the northern cities of Cap-Hatien and...
HaitiINTERNATIONAL: Cancun will bring marginal progress
The annual Conference of Parties begins in Cancun on November 29. The failed Copenhagen...
InternationalPROSPECTS 2011: EU politics
The EU will be tested on several policy fronts in 2011 -- enlargement, budget, external...
EuPROSPECTS 2011: World trade
Trade is a crucial engine of global growth. In recent decades, trade volumes almost always have...
HAITI: Humanitarian crisis resists amelioration
Despite rapid humanitarian aid mobilisation following the January earthquake, recent evaluations...
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