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Eurozone in crisis

The problems in the bloc rumble on as electorates vote against austerity, forcing policymakers to consider measures that will stimulate growth and offset the harsher effects of deficit reduction policies

US elections 2012

The race for the White House is under way as Barack Obama launches his re-election bid and Mitt Romney is close to sealing the Republican presidential nomination

Greece debt crisis

Elections have failed to deliver a majority government, leaving the country on a knife edge and reviving fears that Athens will leave the single currency

French elections

Following a bitter campaign François Hollande has become the first Socialist for 17 years to occupy the Elysée palace - voters meanwhile face another trip to the polls as legislative elections loom on the horizon

UK phone-hacking scandal

MPs have accused Rupert Murdoch of ‘wilful blindness’ over his failure to investigate the scandal and News International executives of misleading parliament

China leadership transition

Factional infighting at the helm of the Communist party has broken out into the open with the purging of Bo Xilai after his embroilment in a high-profile political scandal

Syria uprising

The brutal assault on the opposition stronghold of Homs has provoked international outrage and led to UN reports of crimes against humanity

UK elections 2012

The coalition partners have suffered a midterm drubbing at the hands of a disgruntled electorate in local elections that saw sweeping gains for Labour across England and Wales

Libor investigation

Regulators from around the world are looking into possible manipulation of global interbank lending rates by big US and European banks

World Bank succession

Developing countries are pushing for an open merit-based contest rather than the traditional appointment of a US citizen as the institution’s head

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