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CAMEROON: Fuel price riots put Biya under pressure CAMEROON: Fuel price riots put Biya under pressure 2008-02-29
price riots this week, despite a ban on demonstrations. The current...abolish term limits. Protests over a rise in fuel prices have...death toll has risen to as many as ##. This outbreak of unrest...aware that their country remains a significant producer of crude oil
GUATEMALA: Death penalty provokes debate GUATEMALA: Death penalty provokes debate 2008-02-29
legislation. Opinion polls in Guatemala, as in many Latin American countries...injection -- were suspended in #### as a result of a Constitutional Court ruling that Congress...Otto Perez Molina, campaigned on a tough approach to crime, including...each clemency application, putting him a difficult position: If he commutes
POLAND: Warsaw is leading regional stock exchanges POLAND: Warsaw is leading regional stock exchanges 2008-02-29
WSE). The WSE is becoming a mature capital market. It is...markets than such Western rivals as London#;s Alternative Investment Market...has enjoyed the reputation of a well-regulated and well-supervised...WSE will likely play such a role again in ####, since
FRANCE: Sarkozy's options for reforms diminish FRANCE: Sarkozy 2008-02-29
reception by UMP parliamentarians to a major blueprint for boosting the...his private life was viewed as unfitting for a president by ##% of respondents...real wages, are blamed on a president who promised higher purchasing...which are still approved by a majority of poll respondents. Fillon
VIETNAM: Market faces challenges but outlook is bright VIETNAM: Market faces challenges but outlook is bright 2008-02-29
hosts ### listed companies, plus a handful of listed investment funds...opened in March ####, hosts a further ###. These figures do...month announced plans to acquire a ##% stake in a local asset management company run...####). Templeton has not had a presence in Vietnam since the
RUSSIA: Medvedev is first truly post-Soviet leader RUSSIA: Medvedev is first truly post-Soviet leader 2008-02-29
first truly post-Soviet leader A profile of Russia#;s leading...youthful lawyer, the scion of a middle-class family, with no...almost all his adulthood in a post-Soviet Russia: He turned...Yet he had earlier been a member of the Communist youth
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: New cabinet reflects stability UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: New cabinet reflects stability 2008-02-29
Ministers, more commonly referred to as the federal cabinet, is subordinate...cabinet were distributed in such a way that: Abu Dhabi controlled...al-Mansouri of the Manasir -- a prominent Abu Dhabi tribe. Dubai...of Dubai#;s undisputed status as the commercial capital of the
ARGENTINA: Fiscal policy key to debt sustainability ARGENTINA:  Fiscal policy key to debt sustainability 2008-02-29
pre-crisis levels and around a third of the ###.#...opportunity - March #, ####) (involving a write-down of around ##...and their price has fallen as a result. According to official data...####). According to the government, a restructuring with the Paris Club
EUROPEAN UNION: 'Euro-sclerosis' looks set to worsen EUROPEAN UNION: 2008-02-28
German relations, but also symbolises a larger leadership vacuum in the...Brussels have accumulated, amounting to a real crisis of leadership in...common foreign policy issues such as Kosovo have highlighted a real leadership vacuum. In Brussels...of French EU policy provides a serious challenge. Leaving aside President
INTERNATIONAL: Land conversion undermines biofuels INTERNATIONAL: Land conversion undermines biofuels 2008-02-28
that some biofuels could have a greater environmental impact than burning...market - December ##, ####), and a global surge in energy consumption...energy consumption have led to a race to develop environmentally-friendly...develop environmentally-friendly biofuels, such as palm oil or ethanol derived
AFGHANISTAN: North instability challenges NATO, Kabul AFGHANISTAN: North instability challenges NATO, Kabul 2008-02-28
threaten mission - September ##, ####). As a result, insurgents, criminal groups and...and regional powerbrokers are filling a slowing growing security vacuum. The...#, ####). Baghlan In November, a suicide bombing in Baghlan city...more than ## people during a ceremony in a sugar factory. Among the dead
KENYA: Power-sharing government will be fragile KENYA: Power-sharing government will be fragile 2008-02-28
presidential elections in late December, a wave of violence has left...Kofi Annan last month established a mediation process between the ruling...appears that the agreement reflects a rumoured #;breakthrough#; reached late last...legislature, which would give ODM a plurality in the cabinet. This
RUSSIA: Successor faces the problem of dual power RUSSIA: Successor faces the problem of dual power 2008-02-28
#. Dmitry Medvedev#;s election as Russia#;s next president on...political consequences. Constitutionally, Russia has a semi-presidential system of government...the #### Russian Constitution makes a clear distinction between the head...appointment. Semi-presidential system?In a semi-presidential system, real presidential
INTERNATIONAL: Wheat's dramatic rise demands response INTERNATIONAL: Wheat 2008-02-28
wheat on February ## hit a record high, selling for ##...high, selling for ## dollars a bushel on the Minneapolis Grain...last June, wheat prices began a dramatic ascent. Wheat futures trading...Minneapolis on February ## hit a record high at ## dollars
JAPAN/SOUTH KOREA: Old issues will test new warmth JAPAN/SOUTH KOREA: Old issues will test new warmth 2008-02-28
Lee Myung-bak, whose inauguration as South Korea#;s new president...Moo-hyun failed to make a return visit to Japan (see...important to "acknowledge past facts as facts and to face history...study, and generally hopes for a more mature diplomatic relationship. Diplomacy
PARAGUAY: Yellow fever hurts Colorado Party PARAGUAY: Yellow fever hurts Colorado Party 2008-02-28
Paraguay has been hit by a sudden outbreak of yellow fever...neighbourhood of Laurelty, San Lorenzo, a suburb of Asuncion. By February...many" cases in urban areas, a declaration that caused widespread panic...against mosquito-borne diseases such as yellow fever and dengue: For
INDIA: Threat posed by Maoist rebels is growing INDIA: Threat posed by Maoist rebels is growing 2008-02-27
by leftist extremists, according to a February ## report. Naxalite revolutionaries...political and economic implications. In a particularly bold attack, hundreds of...February ## attacked and overran a police armoury at Nayagarh in...killing ## policemen, and acquiring a huge cache of arms. The
INTERNATIONAL: Secrecy jurisdictions lose haven status INTERNATIONAL: Secrecy jurisdictions lose haven status 2008-02-27
February, German tax authorities launched a series of raids on wealthy...while describing the German methods as "completely unreasonable" and acquisition of...acquisition of the tax information as "fencing stolen goods on a grand scale". The president of...banking association went further, drawing a comparison with the Gestapo. Arguably
HUNGARY: Gyurcsany's populist move is short on ideas HUNGARY: Gyurcsany 2008-02-27
the-nation address, which indicated a shift in the government#;s...of-the-nation address to a parliament that was half empty...around ##% across the electorate as a whole, compared with ##% for...taxes in #### up to a total of ### billion forints