Thursday, 5. November 2009
Since famine killed 1 million Ethiopians 25 years ago, the country has remained in a cycle of drought-driven crises keeping it dependent on foreign aid. A new crop insurance program aims to eliminate the need for such emergency aid …
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WPR Article | In Ethiopia, Food Stability Through Index Insurance
Tuesday, 3. November 2009
The way we cover and consume political news is about as rational as stock-market investors looking to find the next Bernie Madoff. Four years ago –
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Bulletin! Breaking News! This Just In! Worldwide Exclusive …
Sunday, 1. November 2009
Social democrats need to reassert the protective power of the state – this time through global institutions. Ten years ago Gerhard Schröder declared that: ‘economic policy is neither left not right
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Reconnecting Power and Politics | Social Europe Journal
Sunday, 25. October 2009
Maxime Bernier back in politics ? All I can say is, welcome back Mr
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The Shotgun: Maxime Bernier back in politics?
Saturday, 24. October 2009
When Politics and Baseball Collide.
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When Politics and Baseball Collide
Thursday, 8. October 2009
By Steven Zeitchik Anyone waiting or hoping for politics — that is, for the outside world — to come to awards season these past few years has probably been disappointed. Two years ago there were a slew of political movies…
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Will politics come to awards season?–The Hollywood Reporter …
Sunday, 4. October 2009
“The politics [of global warming] are tough now because conservatives years ago allowed the debate to get away from them; frightened of being labelled nature-haters, they declined to attack anti-progress green arguments as they were …
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Not PC: Quote of the Day: On the politics of global warming