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<title>Competing tax plans try California voters</title>
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<title>World waits on Russia to stop backing Assad</title>
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<description>Some diplomats admit that western powers will hide for as long as possible behind the Annan plan, in the faint hope that Moscow will eventually changes its mind</description>
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<title>Case for Irish Yes is a hard sell</title>
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<description>Generals want to maintain oversight of the country’s ‘direction’ and are waiting to see who they will have to deal with once voting is over</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:11:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IAEA and Iran step forward on long road</title>
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<description>As Iran and six world powers prepare to meet in Baghdad, news of a deal between the agency and Iran is welcome but only one step on a long road ahead</description>
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<title>US set to stand by Nato despite warnings</title>
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<description>The military alliance has proved its staying power and is still crucial to the transatlantic relationship even with Washington’s tilt to Asia</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 17:02:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Refocus on US debt issue promises to rattle</title>
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<description>Returning the deficit to a campaign focus looks to unsettle as Republicans want to play on this turf while Obama tries to avoid it</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:22:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Spain-style devolution can be part of a crisis solution</title>
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<description>Quasi-federal Spain, under the EU umbrella, has been a conspicuous success over the past 25 years, seeing wealth spread throughout the whole country</description>
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<description>Political and economic upheaval could drive the wider geopolitical realignment unfolding in the eastern Mediterranean</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:48:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>German leaders vie to catch wind of change</title>
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<description>Angela Merkel and the SPD can sense a mood change on austerity. The loser in Sunday’s state poll was the man who forgot to keep it local</description>
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<title>Madrid must take bold approach to banks</title>
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<description>Fears will persist that more bailouts will be needed unless policymakers are overcautious on the capital front</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:35:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Republican super-Pacs outgun Obama</title>
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<description>Soros donation to pro-Democratic super-Pac provokes exasperation and anger among hardened party campaigners who fear effect of rivals’ attack ads</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:19:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hollande at odds with key partners on structural reform</title>
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<description>The French president’s programme falls well short of embracing the sort of structural reforms called for by Mr Draghi and Ms Merkel</description>
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<title>Berlin prepares for pragmatic partnership</title>
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<description>The advent of François Hollande may prove to be more of a blessing than a curse for the chancellor by giving her growth leverage at the polls</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 15:19:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chen and Wang upset myth of invincibility</title>
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<description>Former Chongqing police chief’s attempted defection set off a drama which has derailed what was supposed to be a peaceful leadership transition</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 15:54:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Eurozone voters query closer integration</title>
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<description>If 2011 was the year of financial crisis, 2012 is shaping up to be year of acute political crisis, writes Peter Spiegel</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 17:15:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Spain shows faith in the gospel of reform</title>
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<description>Wolfgang Schäuble comes to an ancient centre of pilgrimage to witness government ministers show devotion to the country’s economic rescue</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:28:45 GMT</pubDate>
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