Category Archives: COUNTRIES/INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Fertile Crescent

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  7 December 2012 ISRAEL AND PALESTINE “I think that people want peace so much that one … Continue reading

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How the market economy works

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  5 December 2012 As it does from time to time, Antigone1984  today draws readers’ attention to the … Continue reading

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Cartesian odyssey

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  4 December 2012 TRAVELLING MAN “Je voyage, donc je suis” “Il est bon de savoir quelque … Continue reading

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Evidence-based forecast

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“To be, or not to be”

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  2 December 2012 A DILEMMA The historic industrial metropolis of Newcastle upon Tyne (population around 280 … Continue reading

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Like a fish needs a bicycle

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Genuflection

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Dulce domum

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  29 November 2012 NO CURVES, THANK YOU, WE’RE BRITISH! Lots of people throughout the world are … Continue reading

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Perfidious Albion

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  28 November 2012 PALESTINE, THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE BALFOUR DECLARATION  Tomorrow Thursday 29 November 2012 … Continue reading

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Not a human jungle

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  27 November 2012 The city is not a human jungle, it is a human zoo. Desmond … Continue reading

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