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Security Council calls for large increase to African peace force in Somalia
UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov addresses the Security Council on the situation in Somalia. UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz22 February 2012 The Security Council today called on the African Union (AU) to increase the strength of its peacekeeping force in Somalia (AMISOM) by almost 50 per cent of its current forces to address the growing threat from piracy and other criminal activities in the impoverished country.
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Somalia can be reborn as a country of progress and prosperity
For all the difficulties it has faced, Somalia has the resilience, talent and natural resources to shape a better future UK foreign secretary William Hague with officials at Mogadishu airport. Hague puts remittances from the Somali diaspora at £1bn a year
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This 24-Year-Old Founder Wants To Keep A Billion More Cars Off The Road
During the summer of 2009 at the Singularity University, Google co-founder Larry Page challenged a class of 40 students to pick an idea that could impact one billion people. One of the program's students, Jessica Scorpio, thought if she could get enough people to share their cars with neighbors, she could reach one billion people around the world.
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Rising sales point to better year for housing
WASHINGTON — The housing market is flashing signs of health ahead of the spring-buying season. Sales of previously occupied homes are at their highest level since May 2010. More first-time buyers are making purchases.
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Rising sales point to better year for housing
WASHINGTON — The housing market is flashing signs of health ahead of the spring-buying season. Sales of previously occupied homes are at their highest level since May 2010. More first-time buyers are making purchases.
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Greek Parliament Debates Debt Deal Amid Protests
By ALKMAN GRANITSAS And ART PATNAUDE ATHENS—The Greek government braced for further anti-austerity protests Wednesday while the country's parliament was debating legal changes that would clear the way for a massive debt restructuring to keep Greece from defaulting on its loans next month. The legislation, which is to be put to the vote on Thursday, retrofits outstanding Greek bonds with so-called collective-action clauses, aimed at forcing losses on bond holders who may resist a voluntary debt restructuring that will see private-sector creditors who own some €200 billion ($264.7 billion) of Greek bonds take a 53.5% haircut. Enlarge ImageClose The Greek government is aiming for...
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Barack Obama seeks to change US corporate tax code
US President Barack Obama is to propose cutting the US corporate tax rate from 35% to 28%, and closing loopholes, as part of a larger push for tax reform. Mr Obama previously called for corporate tax overhaul in his State of the Union speech. Republicans also propose lowering rates, but Mr Obama's plan is thought to have passing are thought to be slim....
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Aussie foreign minister resigns in leadership rift
ROD McGUIRK Associated Press= CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's foreign minister resigned Wednesday in a bitter rift with Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who may poll party lawmakers next week on who should lead the country. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd announced his resignation during a news conference in Washington, where he was visiting on official business, saying speculation that he planned to seize power from Gillard had become a distraction
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Egypt’s Mubarak declines chance to address court
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak has turned down the chance to address the court on the last session before the verdict in his seven-month trial. He is accused of complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that overthrew him last year.
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