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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Spain steps up austerity amid protests

Spain steps up austerity amid protests


Spain steps up austerity amid protests

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 10:45 AM PDT

Spain is to increase sales tax and cut unemployment benefits as it seeks to raise €65bn over the next two years to reduce the budget deficit

Arms deliveries to Syrian rebels delayed

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 07:23 AM PDT

Activists say the slowdown in the flow of weapons over the past two weeks could reflect growing concern over the militarisation of the conflict

Myanmar president sees rebels as part of solution

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 09:22 AM PDT

Myanmar's president says poverty alleviation, jobs creation and industrial development are top of his list for action

China’s job market under stress

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 06:47 AM PDT

Partial indicators and anecdotal evidence suggest job cuts are spreading and that it is getting tougher for workers to find jobs

Algeria deals its youth a poor hand

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 08:35 AM PDT

The country's biggest challenge is to create an economy that generates jobs leading to meaningful lives for the mass of young people

Magnitsky bill opens door to wider targets

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 09:41 AM PDT

US law devised to blacklist corrupt Russian officials could become a tool to punish human rights abuse elsewhere, particularly China

Morsi attempts to ease Saudi concerns

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 06:55 AM PDT

The Egyptian president wants to soothe Riyadh's fears about the revolution that brought him to power and to safeguard economic aid from the kingdom

Romney’s fundraising background pays off

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 09:32 AM PDT

Mr Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, is bringing in cash at a blistering pace, outraising Barack Obama during the past two months

S Korean leader’s poll campaign probed

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 06:09 AM PDT

South Korean prosecutors are investigating whether the president's 2007 election campaign received money from bribes allegedly paid to his brother

Underdog set for Jakarta poll victory

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 06:10 AM PDT

Reformer Joko Widodo is forecast to win the first round of the gubernatorial election, highlighting Indonesians' dissatisfaction with politicians

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