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Many Belgians fear chaos will return as the stabilising influence of Herman Van Rompuy is removedBelgium is celebrating like it's already New Year's Eve. The European heads of state have reached an agreement on who will become the European Union's first permanent president. And yes, the man's from Belgium.From January onwar (Read More)
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British peer Cathy Ashton receives cautious welcome to EU role from international relations experts in China, Russia and IsraelProfessor Feng Zhongping, director of the Institute of European Relations at the Chinese Institutes of Contemporary International Relations"She is quite popular outside Europe because of her positio (Read More)
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Bloggers annual bid to stir up feelings of envy and insecurity in Westminster press corps works its magic againIain Dale has done it again. In his annual bid to stir up feelings of envy and insecurity in the Westminster press corps, his Total Politics magazine has published its list of the top 100 political journalists. The (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
GCHQ to run ad campaign within Xbox Live online games to attract 18- to 34-year-olds to its ranksGovernment intelligence organisation GCHQ is to run an ad campaign within Xbox Live online games, including Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed, to attract quick-thinking 18- to 34-year-olds to its ranks.The campaign marks the fir (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The UK's constitutional jigsaw still needs to be completed, and politics looks set to become increasingly territorialIt has probably escaped the attention of all but the most assiduous Guardian reader, but this week marked an explosion of activity on constitutional reform, which is going to continue for the next few weeks.T (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
• News: Swine flu jab to be offered to healthy under-fives• Features: The UN gave children rights - it's time we consulted them• Comment: Kick up a stink for better sanitationWelcome to the daily news round-up from SocietyGuardian.co.uk****************Today's top story - Tories 'scaremongering' over national care service pl (Read More)
The Guardian:
Uganda news round-up: Anti-homosexuality bill 'will harm country's fight against HIV/Aids'; first lady calls for men to better support their wives through childbirth; the World Cup comes to UgandaA Ugandan government bill that is advocating the death penalty for gay people will hinder the country's fight against HIV/Aids, l (Read More)
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Ahead of the Senate's first major test vote on healthcare reform, the Dems who refuse to show their cards face a political paradoxOnce upon a time, I was involved in a union negotiation. Yes, I was on the union side, at the Village Voice, where I worked at the time. Along with eight or nine colleagues, I sat across a table (Read More)
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Pay no attention to the Eurosceptics. Cathy Ashton's posting as EU 'foreign secretary' is a major post-Lisbon developmentThe chorus of ill-informed and patronising calls of "Who?" that have greeted the appointments of the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, as the new long-term president (really chairman) of the Euro (Read More)
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• Shortage threatens low-carbon targets, argues business group• Gap comes as demand for scientists and engineers increasingBritain lacks the skills or training facilities to make the successful transition to a low-carbon economy that its international commitments require, an influential group of businesses and non-governmen (Read More)
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Stephen Timms claims piracy powers necessary to 'future-proof' government proposals to safeguard the UK's creative industriesRead the government's statement on the billRead the digital economy billStephen Timms, the Treasury secretary, has defended the government's controversial plans to give ministers sweeping powers to co (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
The NHS should be freed from direct government control and run as a separate body without political interference, according to its former chief executive.In an article that will be interpreted as support for Conservative reform plans, Sir Nigel Crisp urges the Department of Health to focus on wider health issues while allow (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The televising of the Commons, begun 20 years ago, was inevitable – but it has diminished the chamberIs it really 20 years since they fitted new, brighter lights above the chamber of the Commons, drove out those atmospheric, blokeish shadows and finally allowed in the TV cameras? My, time flies when you're having fun.Has it (Read More)
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Roger Helmer says Anglican hierarchy has dropped the gospel in favour of 'the new religion of climate alarmism'A Tory MEP has accused the Church of England of having "abandoned religious faith entirely and taken up the new religion of climate alarmism instead".Roger Helmer, who resigned from the Tory frontbench in Europe wh (Read More)
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Financial crisis beckons as public spending cuts loom and universities face intense competition from overseasUniversities are facing a new funding crisis with looming public spending cuts and intense competition from overseas, according to the man employed by the government to allocate money to higher education in England.S (Read More)