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A showdown to mirror America's(1)
Inflation: Judging by the headline
Rising energy costs may lead the ECB to tighten(8)
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Turkey and Europe: Mr Erdoğan goes to Germany
...and annoys everyone(173)
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Alas, they annoy everyone else(8)
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zu Guttenberg resigns: Teflon no more
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Canada shutters a mobile-phone operator(0)
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Violent protests begin to erupt in Iraq(0)
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In some parts of the world marrying young is a social norm(34)
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Ireland's new government will face some stern tests(14)
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Irish voters send their government packing(9)
Everything will burn (2): Everything will burn (2)
The scandal over Saif al-Islam Qaddafi's PhD thesis grows(53)
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