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<title>Iranian elections create pain for regime</title>
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<description>Instead of serving the purpose of renewing the legitimacy of Iran’s theocracy, elections are the only means of challenging it, Roula Khalaf says</description>
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<title>Sharif to stay close to Pakistan generals</title>
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<description>Although an army general has not run the country since Musharraf’s departure, the armed forces maintain a grip on policy, Victor Mallet writes</description>
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<description>The decline is remarkably rapid. It is hard to remember how US politicians behaved without such an overriding concern, Robin Harding says</description>
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<description>Pentagon report on Beijing’s military capabilities highlights that every resource is at the state’s disposal when it comes to espionage</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:13:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brazil diplomacy wins – now the hard part</title>
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<description>If Roberto Azevêdo, the next WTO chief, cannot get the Doha trade round going again, his job may shrink to delegating disputes to technical panels</description>
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<description>Surge in support for the People’s Alliance party in the election leaves the premier with a delicate governing challenge, says Jeremy Grant</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:39:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Israeli strikes play into Assad’s hands</title>
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<description>A growing number of people in the Arab world believe the attacks are part of a western-conceived attempt to destroy Syria, David Gardner says</description>
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<title>Twists ahead for Italy’s left-right coalition</title>
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<description>Rome asked how it plans to finance planned €10bn tax cuts and rise in social welfare spending without derailing commitments, Guy Dinmore says</description>
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<title>North Africa cannot export jihadist problem</title>
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<description>Governments try to stop Islamic militants heading to Syria to fight the regime as they could return hardened fighters, Borzou Daragahi says</description>
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<title>Going on road is one avenue Obama has</title>
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<description>Congressional gridlock leaves the president with one avenue that has worked for him – taking his case back to the people, Richard McGregor says</description>
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<title>Distress of Europe’s anti-austerity left</title>
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<description>A collective howl of protest and despair will resound through Europe’s streets and square at the annual May 1 rallies, Tony Barber says</description>
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<title>House of Orange thrives amid Dutch anti-elitism</title>
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<description>Politicians have been roiled by populist anger, yet enthusiasm will mark Willem-Alexander’s ascension to the throne, Matt Steinglass says</description>
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<description>The US Bureau of Economic Analysis will start to capitalise spending on scientific research and cultural products such as films, instead of counting them as a cost</description>
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<description>The Sichuan province quake highlights China’s distrust of civic society as aid groups are banned from the worst affected areas, Leslie Hook says</description>
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<title>The accidental truth of austerity Europe</title>
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<description>Implacable voter outrage has led to José Manuel Barroso’s concerns about the eurozone’s belt-tightening, says Peter Spiegel</description>
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<title>Frigide takes heat off Hollande in gay Paree</title>
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<description>In government circles, there is grim satisfaction that recent demonstrations have been prompted by gay marriage legislation, Hugh Carnegy says</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:42:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Europe’s political scandals feed disorder</title>
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<description>Public outrage derives not only from the erosion of the welfare state, but also from the chronic misbehaviour of political parties, Tony Barber says</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:04:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Resentment at North Korea turns to alarm</title>
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<description>Kim Jong-eun’s stance on nuclear weapons has left Washington and Seoul nostalgic for his father’s more predictable gamesmanship, Simon Mundy says</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:29:10 GMT</pubDate>
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