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Angela Merkel should stay chancellor, but the coalition could changeTHE launch pad is not as good as we had imagined, said Peer Steinbrück, the finance minister. That is an understatement. Mr Ste

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Suspicions that Islamist extremists are regrouping in the valleyJUST as Uzbekistan has once again become a transit route for supplies to American and NATO forces fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, t

’Tis a pity, but she won’t go awayIN EERIE, deserted silence on the outskirts of Phnom Penh sits the Prey Speu detention centre. Barely legible on its grimy walls a few weeks ago were crie

And still popular, against the oddsHUNDREDS of thousands of people in south-western Bangladesh remain homeless after a cyclone which struck in late May, killing at least 200 people. Much of the disast

The big two emitters try to stop finger-pointing and save the planetReutersTHOUSANDS of officials from all over the world this week neared the end of two weeks of difficult talks in Bonn under the Uni

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Navigating health care’s labyrinthRURAL Kentucky, and particularly eastern Kentucky, is poor and relatively unhealthy. The people who live in the hills and hollows of central Appalachia face hig

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America’s debt is Barack Obama’s biggest weaknessEyevinePAYING for what you spend is basic common sense. Perhaps that’s why, here in Washington, it’s been so elusive, said Bara

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