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Friday July 12 2013

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Russia convicts dead lawyer Magnitsky
Court ruling on the investment fund lawyer who died in jail will further undermine Russian President Vladimir Putin's reputation in the west
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Senators seek bank reform on Glass-Steagall lines
Combined, the bills have put Wall Street banks on the defensive in Washington, despite the fact that neither is likely to advance in this Congress
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Markets calmed by 'dovish' Bernanke
Federal Reserve chairman's insistence on a long period of monetary accommodation helped US stocks to levels above their previous record close
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Portugal president's unity call backfires
Aníbal Cavaco Silva's proposal of a 'national salvation' agreement prompted a fresh increase in bond yields and hit share prices
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EU eyes sanctions for democratic breaches
Tensions between the EU and Hungary reach a new high with Budapest accusing the EU of meddling in its sovereignty, likening it to the Soviet Union
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Brussels bank move seen as 'enabling act'
Comments reflect deep German concern the commission has overstepped its powers with a proposal to make itself the top authority for winding up eurozone banks
http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/4VS5JU/5CJLMI/RPFCJF/PN4KEV/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=12
 
Karadzic genocide charges reinstated
The decision cuts against the grain of the court's acquittal in May of two senior Bosnian Serb officers who had been charged with organising ethnic cleansing
http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/4VS5JU/5CJLMI/RPFCJF/1OR3TI/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=12
 
Egypt faces economic moment of reckoning
Gulf money could buy the interim government six to 12 months of breathing space but without reforms the funds could exacerbate the country's woes
http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/4VS5JU/5CJLMI/RPFCJF/RPXY9L/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=12
 
Austerity to take gloss off China's games
President Xi Jinping's austerity campaign hits China's largest, highest-level national sports competition, with the budget for the event cut by 75%
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Israel to bolster forces on Golan Heights
The move comes amid growing concern in Israel about the military threat to its north from Hizbollah, the south Lebanon-based guerrilla group
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The World Blog with Gideon Rachman
 
Sergei Magnitsky – A reading list
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Egypt coup rattles Turkey's Erdogan

The coup in Egypt might be bad news not just for Turkey's government, which had cultivated ties with Cai ...
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Military veterans and suicide

One of the most striking and harrowing statistics that I have come across recently is the number of American military veterans who are committing suicide. Last year some 6,500 veterans killed thems ...
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