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A Tale of Two Countries Print E-mail
Wednesday, 11 May 2011 09:34
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By Daniel Frost 

 

It was the best of times; it was worst of times. It was the election of Labour victory; it was the election of Labour disappointment.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 May 2011 10:04
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We Lib Dems cannot return to 'business as usual' Print E-mail
Tuesday, 10 May 2011 13:37
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By Trevor Smith

 

I take it as axiomatic that Nick Clegg will not resign as Tavish Scott, the LD Scottish Leader, Iain Grey, the Scottish Labour Leader, or Michael Ignatieff, the  Canadian Liberal Leader have done following crushing electoral defeats. I also accept that the Coalition will endure.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 May 2011 13:45
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Lord Risby: Pakistan needs tough love Print E-mail
Tuesday, 10 May 2011 12:03
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By Lord Risby

 

Any thoughts of overnight flight fatigue disappeared very rapidly when the television in my Lahore hotel room reported the death of Osama bin Laden. So any ideas that he was already dead (as General Musharraf has claimed) or living in some isolated valley on the Afghan border were simply wrong. He was living 75 miles from the capital Islamabad, and less than a mile from Pakistan’s military academy.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 May 2011 13:36
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Osama means little for the blossoming Arab spring Print E-mail
Monday, 09 May 2011 09:42
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By Maryam Hasan

 

For the Middle East, busy in overthrowing tyrannical regimes usurping the rights and wealth of the people for decades, Osama’s death seems like an interruption.

On May 2, friends and relatives from America frantically called us as we struggled for a good night’s sleep. There was news that Osama bin Laden was killed. The Arabs switched on television sets which showed scenes of jubilations in Washington on television screens with red tickers announcing the latest American feat.

Last Updated on Monday, 09 May 2011 09:48
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A message from the front line Print E-mail
Monday, 09 May 2011 09:21
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By Laura Balbo

 

Does Europe offer a model for a solution to xenophobia, or is it a major part of the problem; or is it just in a much more confused place altogether?

Last Updated on Monday, 09 May 2011 09:26
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