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Now, richer member states are understandably hesitant to bail out their flailing colleagues, hesitant at the idea of saving governments that clearly acted as irresponsible economic stewards. Yet they really do not have a choice in the short-term, as any European national failure would absolutely devastate the continent as...
France's change of position is also an indication of how important Sarkozy views Rwanda in his efforts to radically revise French strategy toward Africa. For the past 40 years, Paris has dealt with its former African colonies under an interventionist policy called Françafrique, under which France propped...
Elections can't fix everything, of course. No one expects Bashir to quietly accept an unfavorable result, for instance, something that is a small but rising possibility with the entrance of some heavyweight rivals in the presidential race. There are concerns about how confusing the vote will be - in the...
The study found 1.3 million genetic variations that had not been previously observed in studies of human DNA, which have until now focused mainly on European and Asian genomes. The variations described in the Nature paper should greatly aid scientists' quest to understand which genes increase susceptibility to disease or...
As Europe's less profligate members are realizing, the problem with family is that a good name can be tarnished by a single member's bad behavior. Concern over Greece's public deficit - which now exceeds 12.7% of GDP, well over the E.U. limit of 3% - has sent the euro...