February 2011
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“Outside the Wisconsin state capitol building, union members set up an impromptu...”
– In Madison, a carnival atmosphere accompanies round-the-clock protests. Union leaders are angry at governor Scott Walker’s attempts to strip them of collective-bargaining rights.
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“Sir - Your below-the-belt comments on American sportsmanship had me feigning...”
– A reader from Los Angeles takes issue with our article about the rise of rugby in America.
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“Some people believe that if you read Coke’s Arabic logo backwards, it says: “No...”
– It isn’t true. Ridiculous rumours like this are one reason why Coke does worse than Pepsi in Arab countries. Yet psychologists are warning companies not to confront the conspiracists.
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“David Kato was one of a group so tiny, hated and hounded—indeed, illegal—that...”
– From our obituary of David Kato, school teacher and leading gay campaigner, who was murdered in Uganda last month.
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“The Angolan supermarket Casa Dos Frescos sold a melon for $100 to an irate...”
– Filing expense claims is one of our least favourite things to do. It’s especially painful after trips to Luanda - the most expensive city in the world.
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“In 2008 Milton Blahyi, a former warlord, admitted to eating children’s hearts...”
– A spate of ritual killings is unnerving Liberia, a country still seeking to escape the scars of civil war.
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“A South Sudanese girl is more likely to die in childbirth than to learn to read...”
– Last month’s referendum has confirmed that South Sudan will become a sovereign country. But it will struggle to prosper.
Watch“Reports confirm what any American can tell you; our infrastructure is inefficient and it is woefully outdated.”
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WatchThe State of the Union in 60 seconds. “We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time … we need to out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world.”
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“The richest 1% of adults control 43% of the world’s assets; the richest 10% have...”
– Want to know more about the global elite? Our business editor, just returned from Davos, will soon be answering your questions on Twitter. 