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Arab Spring: In Foreign Aid to Egypt and Tunisia, Questions Loom

As the international community prepares to deploy aid for Egypt and Tunisia's ailing economies, it faces the daunting question of how to do so without perpetuating the endemic corruption and government monopolization that helped to spark the Arab Spring.

GM considering selling Opel again: reports

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General Motors is considering putting Opel up for sale again as management loses confidence its European arm will return to profitability, two German magazines reported.
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Medvedev: Russia-U.S. Missile Shield Deal Stuck Until 2020

Even as the United States and Russia work to implement a nuclear treaty to reduce their total number of nuclear weapons, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev touched upon the highly sensitive issue of missile defense on Thursday as he met with President Barack Obama at the G8 Summit in France.

Obama visits family roots in Ireland

U.S. President Barack Obama declared solidarity between the United States and economically struggling Ireland with a symbolic gulp of beer and a rousing speech, telling a huge Dublin crowd on Monday: Your best days are still ahead.
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The Fall of the U.S. Empire and the Breakup of the Geopolitical Matrix

There are two carved-in-granite long-term economic trends; one of them being the decline of the dollar and the other one being war. I think those are locked in, and so I recommend people buy investments that do well during wartime or during periods of currency debasement, which we have.
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IMF warns on eastern Europe budgets

Growth in eastern Europe should accelerate only slightly this year as domestic demand recovers, but trouble in the euro zone periphery, wide budget deficits and inflation pressures still pose risks, the IMF said on Thursday.

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