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WEF: Davos 2012

The 42nd annual meeting of the world’s top business and political leaders taking place in the Swiss alpine resort has as its theme - ‘The great transformation: shaping new models’

May 29, 2011

Eurozone in crisis

The EU is facing a profound split over its crisis plans for the eurozone that leave the UK isolated after David Cameron’s failure to gain safeguards for the City of London

Jan 11, 2012

Future of the Union

Holyrood and Westminster are locked in fierce debate over the timing and nature of a referendum on Scottish independence

Jun 10, 2011

Syria

The brutal crackdown by the Damascus regime in response to the popular revolt engulfing the country is continuing apace despite the presence of Arab League monitors

Jan 18, 2012

Capitalism in crisis

An FT investigation into the future of capitalism scrutinising its legitimacy, its weaknesses and suggesting ways in which it could be reformed

Apr 18, 2011

Egypt in transition

The country’s newly-elected parliament with Islamists occupying two-thirds of the seats has the task of drafting a new constitution before June’s presidential election

Sep 25, 2011

US presidential election 2012

Newt Gingrich is back in contention for the Republican presidential nomination after a resounding victory over frontrunner Mitt Romney in the South Carolina primary

Jul 15, 2011

UK phone-hacking scandal

Arrests are continuing as the hacking inquiry and ongoing Metropolitan Police investigation maintain pressure on James Murdoch and News International

Jan 10, 2012

French elections 2012

France goes to the polls this year with the Socialists attempting to end what will be 17 years’ absence from the Elysée palace

Jun 19, 2009

Stanford scandal

Allen Stanford, the Texan businessman, is standing trial accused of orchestrating a $7bn Ponzi scheme over a ten-year period that has left more than 20,000 investors stranded

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