World
Right and left gain in Spain elections
May 25, 2011On Election Day, the governing socialists took a drubbing, losing to the People's Party and its right-wing allies in all provincial governments and most local ones.
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Winners and losers in Bremen elections
May 25, 2011Today in Bremen, most shipyards are a thing of the past and it is struggling to climb out of its heavy debt as a container port.
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Scientists fine-tune extinction rate projections
May 23, 2011Although species extinction caused by habitat loss is not as dire a problem as initially believed, the global extinction crisis is still a real threat.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal has international repercussions
May 23, 2011The case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn is widely seen as another case of powerful and wealthy men thinking they have the right to sexually exploit women in subordinate positions.
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War crimes and the bombing of Libya
May 20, 2011Are we being dragged into a war whose means violate the Geneva Conventions? It is hard not to answer that question in anything but the affirmative.
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