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  • Jul 13, 2009
  • 6 min read

FRANCE/INTERNATIONAL: Burqa ban momentum grows

A ban on wearing the burqa in public would be a radical break with the past; no liberal state has...

France
  • Jul 13, 2009
  • 2 min read

SWITZERLAND: Nuclear case becomes constitutional spat

The Federal government reiterated on Friday that it would be destroying documents related to...

Switzerland
  • Jul 13, 2009
  • 2 min read

UK/AFGHANISTAN: Management of casualty news is key

A poll today found that support for UK involvement in the war in Afghanistan has risen slightly,...

United Kingdom
  • Jul 13, 2009
  • 2 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Ambitious solar plan has side benefits

Twelve firms today signed a memorandum of understanding creating a consortium that would...

  • Jul 10, 2009
  • 7 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Reform risks return to old mistakes

Attempts to gauge the policy consequences of the economic crisis have tended to focus on the...

  • Jul 10, 2009
  • 1 min read

SERBIA: Presevo attack highlights policing challenge

Two police officers were injured yesterday in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in the southern...

Serbia
  • Jul 10, 2009
  • 2 min read

UNITED KINGDOM: Bank pauses money-printing scheme

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) yesterday announced it would not seek to expand quantitative...

United Kingdom
  • Jul 10, 2009
  • 1 min read

FRANCE: Youths riot over death in custody

Violence in the south-eastern town of Firminy entered its third night yesterday, with seven...

France