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- War crimes trial of Congolese militia leader begins at International Criminal Court, Daniel C Giacopelli
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| Universities need reform - but the market is not the answer, Michael Collins As students begin a wave of occupations in university campuses across the UK, Michael Collins argues that academics should stand united in determined opposition to government cuts, but at the same time make a positive contribution to thinking about... Putting the 'American business model' in its place, John Kay All prosperous societies in the world today are, in some loose sense, market economies. Most objective criteria of success – health and educational achievement, respect for democracy and human rights, water and air quality – point to a similar... Parallel worlds: how connected Russians now live without the state, Andrei Loshak
Members of the Russian intelligentsia today live without icons. On the one hand is the state, a necrotic Leviathan looking out for its own interests; on the other is the people, best exemplified the TV watcher Belyakov from “Nasha Rasha” Seven character tests for Britain's Labour leadership, Nick Pearce Returning from paternity leave, Ed Miliband has set out his stall on how Labour will rethink its policies under his leadership. Most leaders of the opposition establish policy reviews of one kind or another, to wipe the policy slate clean. David... War crimes trial of Congolese militia leader begins at International Criminal Court, Daniel C Giacopelli
The long-awaited trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, the Congolese militia leader and former politician arrested in 2008 and charged with three counts of war crimes and two of crimes against humanity, began today at the International Criminal... After the party: Dilma and Brazil, Arthur Ituassu "I would like that every father and mother in the country today look at their daughters and say: 'Yes, the woman can'". No one in this political moment in Brazil can utter these words with more authority than Dilma Rousseff, who on 31... Germany, Ireland, and eurozone politics, Katinka Barysch A dramatic week of negotiation and political manoeuvring over the fate of Ireland’s banking sector ended late on 21 November 2010 with the announcement that the government led by taoiseach (prime minister) Brian Cowen and finance minister Brian... Imagine a Scotland where Thatcherism never happened , Gerry Hassan ‘It was twenty years ago today ….’ No, not the latest anniversary of the never-ending sixties nostalgia and the Beatles ‘Sgt. Pepper’ album. Instead, on Monday November 22nd it is the twentieth anniversary of the fall of Margaret Thatcher... More Recent Articles
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