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136694
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There are today 50-60 million people displaced from their homes by conflict, disasters and environmental change. The Moving Energy Initiative aims to provide them with safe power
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136686
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Urban islands of prosperity: Global cities are growing in power and influence. But can they survive if they break the bonds with their host countries.
Sometime in the middle of 2009, the number of people living in cities exceeded the world’s rural population for the first time in history. By 2050, some 70 per cent of the world’s population will live on only 3 per cent of the earth’s surface – in cities. These conurbations are becoming global economic and geo-political players to be reckoned with. This will radically affect the way we live, work and plan for the future
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136687
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This ‘Tube tongues’ graphic shows London’s diversity by displaying the second most common languages (after English) spoken by residents, according to the 2011 census.
As the top-ranked global city, London is a magnet for rich and poor from all over the world. To some, its openness is a model for all which aspire to join the elite club of cities with global impact in FINANCE, technological innovation and cultural reach. To others it is a cautionary tale showing how unrestricted flows of people and capital can make a city unliveable for its original residents
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136691
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Vladimir Putin claims to lead an OIL and gas superpower. But the West's concerns about being held hostage by its energy needs are groundless The idea that Russia could achieve a strategic advantage over its neighbours through its energy resources is well known. After the start of the conflict in Ukraine last year, western media and energy experts suggested that Russia could use its energy power as part of its ‘hybrid war’. It is therefore worth looking closely at what is real and what is false in the Kremlin’s capabilities in the OIL and gas sector.
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136685
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In a nail-biting election on January 8 2015, the Sri Lankan public voted out of power its president of two decades who was credited with smashing the Tamil Tigers.
There were many firsts for Sri Lanka in this election: it was the first time an incumbent president had sought a third term; it was the first time a rainbow coalition of political forces ranging from the far-Right to the extreme-Left ran against him; and it was the first time Sri Lankans voted against corruption and for better governance. At the heart of this change was the desire for democracy and a change from the dynastic authoritarianism of Mahinda Rajapakse
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136684
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Germany is now the second most attractive destination for migrants worldwide, after the United States, according to figures issued last year by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The image produced by these statistics of a Germany at ease with being a multicultural society is now cracking. Rallies by the Pegida movement demanding a tightening of German immigration policies are attended by up to 25,000 protesters in Dresden each week, while smaller chapters exist in Bamberg, Bonn and Leipzig.
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ID:
136692
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Burkina Faso ousted a leader who overstayed his welcome. Should other West African leaders watch their backs?
The government of Burkina Faso’s deposed president, Blaise Compaoré, was a cornerstone of French and US security policy in the northwest of Africa. For 27 years, he was the immovable guarantor of internal and external stability. Or so it seemed. But then, within 48 hours at the end of October 2014, he was gone.
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136689
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From the economic point of view, it is essential for the future prosperity of the Continent that the resources of its greatest manufacturing area should be utilized … If the policy of long-term interest is followed, it will imply, inter alia, rebuilding of the heavy industries of the Ruhr, the area in which was produced over a third of Europe’s steel and a great part of its chemicals.’
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136693
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The countryside has been neglected in the dash for urbanization. But attention is now focusing on agricultural productivity. To succeed, farmers need more independence to manage the land
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136688
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London is now a magnet for international INVESTORS who push up prices, and drive out the middle class and poor.
Looking at the London Tube map very little has changed since Margaret Thatcher became prime minister in 1979. There are a few extensions in the corners, but the zones that ring the city are still in the same place: zone 1 is still central London; zone 2 is still the inner city; and zones 3 to 6 are still the suburbs.
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136690
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Tomb robbing is sometimes described as the second-oldest profession. It ebbs and flows as local and international conditions change, and it flourishes in poor countries. Carefully managed aid, development, education and policing can reduce it but, according to the experts, it has been growing steadily for the past hundred years
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