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| | The following insightful analysis of top world news developments of last week comes to you compliments of The World & I Online. |
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| Week ending Friday, May 02, 2008
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European Union Seeks Closer Relations with Russia
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| Berlin, April 29 -- The European Union hopes to soon finish weaving the fabric of a new partnership agreement with Russia amid continuing differences with Moscow over energy security and foreign polic...
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Mukasey targets global crime kingpins using counter-terror measures
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| Washington, April 29 -- U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey's new strategy for combating international organized crime will see prosecutors working more closely with U.S. intelligence agencies to id...
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US Recession May Hit Cambodia's Anti-Sweatshop Campaign
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| Phnom Penh, April 30 -- Recession in the United States is endangering a unique experiment that has seen Cambodia become a leading player in the campaign to eradicate sweatshops in the textile industry...
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French birth rates soar
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| Washington, April 30 -- The news that France has overtaken Ireland to boast the highest birthrate in Europe is intriguing for three different reasons.
The first is that for a Europe that is worrie...
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Congress' ethanol affair is cooling
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| Washington, May 1 -- Members of Congress say they overreached by pushing ethanol on consumers and will move to roll back federal supports for it -- the latest sure signal that Congress' appetite for c...
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Hayden discusses Russian unrest, European views on terrorism, and China's behavior
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| Washington, May 1 -- Russia's declining population will require Moscow to import foreign workers, increasing racial and religious tensions in the former superpower that still has thousands of nuclear ...
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Argentinian grass fires: Smoke a long time coming
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| Buenos Aires, April 29 -- "The work has been relentless. We finish putting out one big fire and another one breaks out in the same area." This remark by a firefighter in Argentina, frustrated at the g...
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Bali bird flu drill tests pandemic preparedness in Indonesia
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| Bali, May 2 -- Indonesia, indeed the world, had never seen anything like it. In a sleepy Balinese village, panic flares as some 20 people are feared to have suddenly been infected with avian influenza...
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Fire highlights plight of slum-dwellers in Sanaa, Yemen
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| Sanaa, May 1 -- Scores of families have been displaced after a recent fire destroyed their makeshift homes in a slum area in southeastern Sanaa, Yemen's capital.
Slum leader Salem al-Badwi said ab...
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Palestinians protest exclusion in Lebanon as government moots minimum wage
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| Beirut, May 1 -- With inflation in double digits and the cost of living rising, the Lebanese government has proposed raising the minimum wage for the first time in a decade, but Palestinians say they ...
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Rebel leader's indictment a tentative step to accountability in Congo
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| Johannesburg, May 1 -- The indictment against a militia leader whose alleged abuses span the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-ravaged east was finally made public at the end of April, almost two yea...
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