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| In the European context boosting credit supply to the private sector requires a significant recovery in bank lending |
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| After the German elections, Europe has a short window of opportunity to rescue the euro project |
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| Taiwan and China share the same maritime claims, but have very different interests |
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| Low interest rates from the European Central Bank aren't having the desired effect around the struggling periphery |
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| Britain's prime minister thinks that tough talk on immigration will boost his party's fortunes. He is probably wrong |
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| As concern grows over France's sluggish economy and ineffectual government, its banks are coming good |
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| A single book has come to dominate psychiatry. That is dangerous |
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| Baz Luhrmann's is a garish sensory assault with more juddering hip-hop than jazz |
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| Marek Urban at Clemson University thinks he may have a way of diminishing one of the risks of surgical implants |
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| Video: China's female factory workers are in high demand, empowering them to call for improved working conditions |
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| Britain's chancellor of the exchequer is likely to ignore advice from the IMF in a report expected at the end of May |
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| The Economist Editor's picks: View selected articles from this week's edition via our Facebook page |
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| As things go from bad to horrendous in Syria, the big outside powers have called for talks |
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| This week's KAL's cartoon |
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| Obituary: Geza Vermes, a Jew, ex-priest and translator of the Dead Sea Scrolls, died on May 8th aged 88 |
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| In pinched times, motorbikes are valued more for their usefulness than their speedy glamour |
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| A council in Britain denied an application by Pinewood Studios, where the James Bond franchise is filmed, to expand |
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| A new survey on public opinion in Europe exposes lingering stereotyping and some historical mistrust |
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| A report released in May found that in 2012 voting rates of black Americans exceeded that of whites |
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| Palestinians are turning to their televisions for political empowerment |
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