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Soccer dreams and reality
Seeded on Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:29 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)
Far from the festive atmosphere of the World Cup, the race for cheap talent in Europe's lucrative soccer industry has created yet another wrinkle in the immigration debate, as every year thousands of boys from Africa and Latin America are lured to Europe by dubious agents hawkin …
«In France, an Economic Bullet Goes Unbitten», by Floyd Norris
Seeded on Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:28 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Accustomed to security, the French and other Europeans consistently oppose government efforts to reform their economies.
OSCE monitoring ceasefire on Armenia-Azerbaijan border
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 6:37 AM EDT (RIA Novosti)
Officials from Europe's largest security organization conducted ceasefire monitoring Thursday along a stretch of Armenian-Azerbaijani border, an Armenian defense ministry spokesman said.
«Paris is burning», by Mary Papenfuss
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 6:35 AM EDT (Salon.com)
The French protests involve more than just job security for young workers. They're a battle for the soul of the European Union.
«Germany's Second Unification», by Claus Christian Malzahn
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 6:30 AM EDT (SPIEGEL ONLINE)
Multiculturalism has failed, or so everyone says. So now what? Should Germany toss out its 6.7 million foreigners? Populist barroom politics won't do the nation any good. Germans old and new need to find the will to get along.
Corruption : EU Urged To Act Against Bribery
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 6:29 AM EDT (ipsnews.net)
Transparency International has urged the European Commission to rigorously enforce a provision for blacklisting companies found guilty of corruption.
«In search of a normal country», by Geoff Andrews
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 6:26 AM EDT (opendemocracy.net)
The worst of old Sicily – corruption, patronage, entropy – has become endemic in Italy itself under Silvio Berlusconi, veteran anti-mafia campaigner and centre-left candidate Leoluca Orlando tells Geoff Andrews.
U.S. Officials Are Mulling Iran Strikes, Experts Say
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 6:24 AM EDT (forward.com)
Key players in the Bush administration think a military confrontation with Iran is unavoidable, leading to stepped up military planning for such a prospect, according to several experts and recently departed senior government officials.
The Expansion of Talibanistan
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 6:20 AM EDT (The Fourth Rail)
Pakistan reacts to Taliban attacks in North Waziristan after a week of fighting on the Afghan/Pakistan border. The Taliban are now active in Tank, Khyber and Peshawar Agencies
«Margaret Thatcher: a feminist success story». by David Boaz
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 6:17 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
«Like it or not, she advanced the cause of women in politics immensely.»
Comment is free: Anti-semite or Islamophobe?
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 6:15 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Which are you? Try this quiz from "The Guardian" and find out... or not.
Nobel Laureate condemns 'censorship' of scientists
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 6:09 AM EDT (scienceblog.com)
Noting that it's "a terrible time for science" in the U.S., Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel has compared the effects of government science policy to the Eisenhower-McCarthy era, when scientists were persecuted for their political beliefs.
Is France ready to be led by a woman?
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 6:04 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)
Can this woman save France? Can Ségolène Royal, the politician with the elegant profile and stratospheric poll ratings, drive the Socialists to victory in next year's presidential election?
Germans end long strike over workweek
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 6:00 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)
Striking municipal workers in one of Germany's richest states have agreed to work an extra half hour each week for no extra pay - a groundbreaking deal that ends the longest public-sector strike in the country's history and underscores the relentless pressure for more flexible l
Moscow issues West a warning
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 5:58 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)
With Chancellor Angela Merkel shifting German foreign policy toward the United States and the defense of human rights, Russia's foreign minister warned the West on Thursday against isolating his country from helping to broker disputes with Iran and other conflicts in the Middle E
New Palestinian leader faces payroll and power matters
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 5:56 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)
Barely a week in office, the Palestinian prime minister from Hamas faces not only diplomatic isolation and a bankrupt treasury but an intense rivalry with Fatah, the longtime Palestinian power, over control of the heavily armed security agencies.
World Health Report 2006 reports a health workforce crisis
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 5:43 AM EDT (WHO news)
Health workforce crisis is having a deadly impact on many countries' ability to fight disease and improve health, new WHO report warns.
ECB likely to signal that it will raise rates
Seeded on Thu Apr 6, 2006 10:35 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)
The European Central Bank is expected Thursday to signal that it will raise interest rates in May because of growing fears that inflation could reignite in Europe, not only a result of the high oil prices, but also reflecting rising pressure for higher wages in line with rising co
Even in Stone Age, dread of the dentist
Seeded on Thu Apr 6, 2006 10:31 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)
Man's first known trip to the dentist occurred as early as 9,000 years ago, when at least nine people living in a Neolithic village in present-day Pakistan had holes drilled into their molars and survived the procedure.
Resurfacing in Turkey: Deadly old hatreds
Seeded on Thu Apr 6, 2006 10:29 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)
Violent clashes between Kurds and security forces reignited in Turkey over the last week, jolting memories here back to an old problem that still stands as a dangerous block on the nation's path toward greater prosperity and democracy.
French protesters set fresh deadline
Seeded on Thu Apr 6, 2006 10:27 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)
French union and student leaders said Wednesday that the government had until Easter to rescind a new labor law or face more nationwide strikes and protests.
«We in Iran don't need this quarrel», by Javad Zarif
Seeded on Thu Apr 6, 2006 10:26 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)
The controversy over Iran's peaceful nuclear program has obscured one point in particular: There need not be a crisis. A solution to the situation is possible and eminently within reach.
Fossil Called Missing Link From Sea to Land Animals
Seeded on Thu Apr 6, 2006 9:40 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Scientists have discovered fossils of a 375-million-year-old fish, a large scaly creature not seen before, that they say is a long-sought missing link in the evolution of some fishes from water to a life walking on four limbs on land.
How AIDS in Africa Was Overstated
Seeded on Thu Apr 6, 2006 9:38 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
Researchers said nearly two decades ago that this tiny country was part of an AIDS Belt stretching across the midsection of Africa, a place so infected with a new, incurable disease that, in the hardest-hit places, one in three working-age adults were already doomed to die of it.
Italian prime minister in trouble over 'bloody stupid' comment
Seeded on Thu Apr 6, 2006 8:46 AM EDT (The Mercury)
Trailing in the opinion polls four days before Italy's general election, conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has sparked a backlash among left-wing voters for describing them as "bloody stupid".
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