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Global warming adds to seal cull debate
Amid a proposed ban by the European Union on the importation of Canadian seal products, critics claim that climate change is making the country’s annual hunt unsustainable
‘Titch’ drives home Poland’s past
The decline of the once ubiquitous Fiat 126p, the rattly two-door car that introduced motoring to Poland’s masses, is a tangible sign of its increasing wealth and modernity
Airport technology offers licence to queue-jump
A US system that allows passengers to pay for fast-track security-check lanes is attracting attention overseas
Nigerians heed the call of marketing
The global advertising industry sees Nigeria, with its 140m consumers, as an emerging market to watch
Group wraps up against wheat price chill
BeaverTails, an Ottawa company that makes traditional pastries, is looking at ‘creative ways’ to cut spending to protect consumers from higher wheat costs
TV poetry is epic success as Arabs return to roots
The power of poetry in the Arab world has been diluted by the dizzying offerings of more modern entertainment but a hit show on Abu Dhabi television has helped it recapture the imagination of a younger generation.
Serbians feel pain of dwindling pensions
Demographic pressures and cross-border disputes have led to withheld retirement payments in the former Yugoslav republics.
El Paso braces for border trouble
In El Paso, Texas, one of the world’s largest binational communities – where Mexican nationals spend up to $1.8bn shopping each year – many believe the US should guard against vocal opponents of immigration
Iranian rappers serenade the sound of sirens
After an official government campaign against ‘decadent’ rap music, rappers are keeping a low profile and are distributing their work through websites and Bluetooth phones
Testing times for L’Unità newspaper
The publication that rose and fell with the Italian Communist party has gone through such a revival that it is now facing a takeover bid by the Angelucci family, industrialists who run a rightwing tabloid
