Things turned ugly in Chile. We have seen the months of student protests, now the general strike. 14-year old boy was shot during the demonstration and he died later.
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An interview with Helmut Kohl here (in German).
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Iraqi government denied any deal on keeping the US troop in Iraq was done.
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The role of African countries is extremely important.
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Are the protests against the Papal visit significant?
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Inspired by an interesting article from Financial Times: Belgian growth boosted by political paralysis.
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By Paul Jackson, Research Coordinator, Radicalism and New Media Research Group, Lecturer in Modern History, University of Northampton. The article was originally published in Slovak daily Pravda in the op-ed section.
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Why?
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Few comments from experts.
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