Algeria's bureaucracy tests importers' ingenuity
I.M.F. Doesn’t Press China on Currency
A clash over allowing the renminbi to appreciate was effectively deferred to the G-20 meeting in November.
In India, even Indians can be 'foreigners'
Mumbai and other Indian cities enact labor restrictions to stem an influx of poor migrant workers.
‘Saladin should be taught in European schools’
A leading Norwegian writer has criticized the education given to children in European schools, saying it is misleading and arguing that a Kurdish-Muslim commander “who opened Jerusalem to all religions” after conquering it over 800 years ago should be presented as a childhood hero for them.
Sudan president asks for buffer zone
South Sudan's president has asked U.N. Security Council envoys to send peacekeepers and set up a buffer zone along the country's north-south border ahead of a southern vote on independence, diplomats said on Saturday.
UK judge reprimanded for using anti-Israel imagery
Judge compared Israel’s conduct during Operation Cast Lead to the Nazi regime, discussed "colonialization" and "ethnic cleansing."
Top North Korea defector dies in South
The highest-ranking North Korean official who had defected to the South was found dead on Sunday morning, a local report said.
Cheers, tears as Chile plans Wednesday miner rescue
Rescuers in Chile will on Wednesday likely start evacuating 33 miners trapped deep underground for two months after a cave-in, after finishing drilling an escape shaft on Saturday to cheers and tears from relatives on the surface.
Fear of new sludge flood in Hungary
Prime minister warns that wall is close to collapse, and describes situation as 'dramatic'
Should the Highest Court Protect the Ugliest Speech?
A religious group pickets soldiers' funerals and taunts their families. Now the Supreme Court will decide if the First Amendment protects this kind of hatemongering
Morocco solar energy project attracts international interest
Morocco's 2000MW integrated solar energy project is attracting great international interest,
Google tests 'intelligent' cars
Technology giant Google has been testing a car that can drive itself, the company announces.
EU: Abolition of death penalty would demonstrate common values with Morocco
The European Union has expressed the hope that Morocco will take the final step towards abolishing the death penalty, a move it says would be in line
Iran Acknowledges Espionage at Nuclear Facilities
Iran acknowledged that some personnel at its nuclear facilities passed secrets to the West, but said that the spying had stopped.
Turkey’s first Armenian language department:Two students, one teacher and a bright future
New departments are constantly being planned and opened at universities all over Turke
In multilingual Switzerland, a dialect struggles
The people of this corner of Switzerland are arguing whether language is a matter of the heart or the pocketbook.
Dead Sea could disappear by 2050
Water levels in the Dead Sea are falling sharply and farms and businesses along its shore are suffering.
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