Smart Reads January 30, 2013
The assault on the In Amenas gas facility has made the security of physical infrastructure a more urgent issue for the energy industry. Timbuktu has taken the pressure off Hollande, but there are...
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Dinner with Medvedev: a conversation on Cyprus, Depardieu and democracy
For a man who suffered the indignity of having to stand down after one term as president of Russia to make way for the return of Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev appears comfortable in his own skin....
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In the pipeline: an Israeli-Turkish reconciliation
Photo by Getty An energy and diplomacy deal that would reshape the map of the eastern Mediterranean might be proceeding faster than many people think. It is just a few weeks since, in a bid to revive...
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♦ Energy companies scrambling for reserves in Somalia are at risk of opening up dangerous faultlines. ♦ Janan Ganesh thinks the UK Conservative party has become ungovernable. “Drama is giving way to...
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♦ All change in Europe? French labour market reforms start to bear fruit, with signs of movement in industrial relations and eurozone austerity might be on its way out. ♦ India’s economy grew at the...
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By Catherine Contiguglia ♦ The signing of a contract between the Somali government and UK oil and gas exploration company Soma to collect data on onshore and offshore oil has been called...
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♦ Backroom political pressure has kept drone funding intact despite doubts over reliability. ♦ The war in Syria is turning out to be good business for people smugglers. ♦ Israel is set to approve a...
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Davos serendipity: Shuttle buses
One of the benefits – and pleasures of Davos – is the chance conversations that strike up among strangers, either in the fringes of meetings or on the shuttle buses that ferry people around town. On...
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In the Picture: EU Energy Crisis
Getty Images By Toby Luckhurst Europe is beset by rising energy prices, driven by the increasing competitiveness of shale production in the US, political commitments to lower emissions and an...
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By Toby Luckhurst Martin Taylor examines the perennial technical problems that plague modern banks. The number of Saudi women in work has almost doubled in the last six years, as rising living costs...
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