Politics & Economics
If someone handed out a prize for the world's luckiest head of state, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should win it hands down. What about French president Nicolas Sarkozy, you say, who's married to the beautiful and talented Carla Bruni? Or how about Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, who parties with teenage girls? No, neither is as fortunate as Lula.
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At the start of this year, Iraqis voted in provincial elections to practice our role in democracy. We Iraqis have paid bitterly for this democracy, and we are still paying for it.
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Opponents to Bahrain's labour reforms are headed for defeat, says Andrew White.
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Why forecasts for recovery should be tempered because the region has not been through this type of crisis before.
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Joanne Bladd questions French President Sarkozy's motives for controversial speech.
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Ahmad Abuljobain argues the global crisis is a good thing, as it will make competitiveness more prevalent.
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We need to provide the right education for the right employment opportunities, says Andrew White.
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When might it burst? Nobody knows if it will. The Shanghai Composite Index has surged 45 percent this year. Just because China has deep pockets in this time of global crisis doesn't mean its economic health supports this rally.
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Terrorism on the subcontinent usually means bombs exploding or hotels burning. Yet alongside the brutal public terrorism that fills the television screens, there is an equally cruel form of terrorism that gets almost no attention and thrives as a result: flinging acid on a woman’s face to leave her hideously deformed.
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How is it where you are? Do you see any positive signs yet? Are the green shoots of recovery beginning to spring up? asks Damian Reilly.
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Over 3,000 years ago, in a part of Arabia defined by inhospitable mountains and desert sands, a great city rose from the barren earth.
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India's stock market almost lost control this week, and it was a great thing for the nation.
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Cricket legend turned politician Imran Khan on the current military situation in Pakistan.
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Why the Gulf’s multicultural business community is one of its greatest strengths.
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When even the vaunted Toyota Motor Corp is in trouble, you know things are bad in Japan, says William Pesek.
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Financial common sense is no different from old-fashioned, everyday common sense.
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Do you think the global crisis will result in an end to the economic liberalisation the region has adopted in the past 20 years?
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During his visit to Turkey in May, US president Barack Obama sought to officially reach out to the Islamic world after eight years of tension by declaring in a speech to the Turkish Parliament that he is determined to have a lasting "partnership with the Muslim world."
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More than three months after the end of the Gaza crisis, the Israeli blockade is hampering aid efforts, notes Andrew White.
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India’s next leader would be wise to listen to the country's innovative business executive, suggests William Pesek.
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