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UZBEKISTAN
Population Endures Shortages Amid Plenty
By Deirdre Tynan*
BISHKEK - Just a week ago at a cabinet meeting, Uzbek leader Islam Karimov hailed the achievements of the Uzbek economic model, which is basically a retrofitted command system. But Karimov clearly hasn't gotten out of the capital much lately. For many citizens in Central Asia's most populous state, electricity cuts and gas shortages have become a defining feature of this winter.
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The Logic and Limits of Nonviolent Conflict
Analysis by Karina Böckmann
BERLIN - Today marks the one-year anniversary of the uprisings in Egypt that unseated an authoritarian regime and rekindled the spark of nonviolent resistance around the world.
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EU-IRAN
New Sanctions Aimed at Averting Wider Conflict
By Barbara Slavin
WASHINGTON - European countries are imposing unprecedented sanctions against Iran in part in hopes of preventing an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear installations that could further destabilise the Middle East and wreak havoc on the global economy.
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SWITZERLAND
Resistance Rises to Asylum Seekers
By Ray Smith
LUCERNE, Switzerland - Switzerland saw a 45 percent increase in asylum requests compared in 2011 to the year before. The country struggles to accommodate the new asylum seekers while efforts to put up new centres face fierce resistance by local people.
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SPAIN
Trials of Judge Garzón Called Scandalous by Rights Groups
By Tito Drago
MADRID - Another trial opened Tuesday with Spain's best-known judge, Baltasar Garzón, in the dock for attempting to investigate crimes against humanity committed during the 36-year dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
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BELARUS
Political Prisoners Facing Oppression
By Robert Stefanicki
WARSAW - "I had to fight to be treated like a human, not animal," dissident Nikolai Avtukhovich wrote from prison. Last month Avtukhovich, Belarusian political activist and entrepreneur, convicted to five years in the penal colony for illegal storage of five cartridges for a hunting rifle, cut his veins.
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Britain Boosts Economic Ties with the Caribbean
By Peter Richards
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada - As China sees its influence continue to grow in this part of the world, a delegation from the United Kingdom arrived in Grenada last weekend with a proverbial carrot for its former colonies, vowing to create new opportunities for trade, investment and innovation "in our respective economies".
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Romanians Discover Street Protest
Analysis by Claudia Ciobanu
WARSAW - For more than a week, thousands have been demonstrating in cities across Romania. Participants from all walks of life bring to the fore the broadest array of demands in what looks like a celebratory discovery of street protest. The main call is against lack of transparency and accountability in decision-making.
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CZECH REPUBLIC
Castration for Sex Offenders Triumphs
By Pavol Stracansky
PRAGUE - The Czech government has defied calls from international human rights groups to stop the "degrading" practice of surgically castrating sex offenders.
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RUSSIA
‘Repression May Lead to Revolt’
Claudia Ciobanu interviews Russian opposition leader SERGEY UDALTSOV
PRAGUE - The Russian opposition movement which has risen to prominence since the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections has not said its last word, says 35-year-old Sergey Udaltsov, one of its most visible figures.
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GERMANY
While Some Waste, Others Feast
By Julio Godoy
HAMBURG - Shortly before midnight last Saturday, Alexander, a 24-year-old law student, stepped out of his small apartment in Hamburg and set off for a jaunt around the local supermarkets to pilfer their garbage containers.
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GREECE
Austerity Plan Breaches Last Line of Defence of Greek Workers
By Apostolis Fotiadis
ATHENS - As the Eurozone falls deeper into its sovereign debt crisis, the labour movement in Greece is being cudgelled to its knees by an austerity programme that has so far failed to bring any positive change for the crumbling Mediterranean country.
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EUROPE
Unrest Spreads Eastwards
Analysis by Zoltan Dujisin
BUDAPEST - Protests in Hungary and Romania are the first signs of anti-systemic mobilisation in the Eastern half of the continent. While protests in both countries indicate dissatisfaction with their governments’ authoritarian turn, their origins differ, as does the European Union’s reaction to them.
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BALKANS
The Dark Side of Serbia's Oil Shale Fairy Tale
By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
BELGRADE - According to an old Serbian fairy tale, God tells a poor man who enters a gold mine that no matter what he chooses to do inside, he'll be sorry when he leaves. If he takes some gold, he'll be sorry for not taking more; if he doesn't, he'll be sorry for not taking any at all.
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DEVELOPMENT
Little Tobin, Less Robin
Analysis By Timothy Spence
BRUSSELS - Europe’s apparent failure to forge broad agreement on introducing a financial transactions tax marks the latest setback for organisations counting on a similar worldwide fee to fund development aid in austere times.
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GLOBAL SUPPORT PEAKS FOR NO NUKES
By Jonathan Frerichs

WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS IN DAVOS?
By Johan Galtung

CLIMATE EMERGENCY
By Ignacio Ramonet

THE UNITED STATES AND THE DEFEAT OF VICTORY
By Joaquin Roy

IS CHINA STILL A DEVELOPING COUNTRY?
By Martin Khor

SHED LIGHT ON THE SHADOW ECONOMY
By Raymond Baker

EUROPE ON THE BRINK
By Mario Soares

EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY AND THE FINANCIAL COUP D'ETAT
By Ignacio Ramonet

COOPERATION AND SOLIDARITY KEY TO MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
By Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser

FACING PEAK OIL AND PEAK GAS: IN SEARCH OF THE LEAST EVIL
By Risto Isomaki

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