crisis of Portugal‚ Italy‚ Greece and Spain * High unemployment in Europe – both Greece and Spain have record unemployment rates of over 26% (Greece 26.8% and Spain 26.6%‚ as at January 2013) * Germany has its own economic problems‚ with Angela Merkel (the German Chancellor) announcing that 2013 will be an “even more difficult” year for Europe’s largest economy especially as the Eurozone debt crisis is far from being over * Financial crisis (line 61) still affecting many parts of the world
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multiculturalism‚ a series of articles arrive in your homepage and they all state: multiculturalism is not dying is already dead or‚ actually‚ it was never an option. A variegated group of politics is quoted in those articles ranging from Chancellor Angela Merkel to the former UK PM David Cameron. After a quick look at those articles I must admit that I agree with this view: I think multiculturalism is a weak theory because it is impossible to maintain without some degrees of assimilation. Multiculturalism
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to display their ability and gain support from the public. People are getting more educated and hence have the open-mindedness to not let gender preferences sway their rational decisions. America’s Hillary Clinton‚ Condoleezza Rice‚ Germany’s Angela Merkel and China’s Wu Yi are just few of the women who are starting to take part in politics‚ holding the right to make policies and decisions just like other male politicians. In the landmark move for the infamously restrictive United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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10 Headlines for Today (1) SC slams medical colleges on increasing management quota seats (2) 70 injured in Srinagar violence (3) Pakistan nurtured terrorism: Zardari (4) 1.5 lakh Indians return from UAE due to slowdown (5) World starting to pull out of recession: IMF (6) WS Industries’ Rs 140 crore insulators project in Vizag SEZ starts production (7) Jamaican athletics Usain Bolt recorded the fourth fastest time in history in the 200 metres of 19.59 seconds (8) England reach 336-7 on day
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Briefly describe the current crisis in the Eurozone. Discuss its potential effects on European integration and theorize as to how to overcome the crisis. Country | CIA 2007 | OECD 2009 | IMF 2009 | CIA 2009 | EuroStat 2010 | Austria | 59.10 | 72.7 | 67.10 | 66.40 | 72.3 | Belgium | 84.60 | 100.4 | 93.70 | 101.00 | 96.8 | Cyprus | 59.60 | | 56.20 | 56.20 | 60.8 | Estonia | 3.40 | | | 7.10 | 6.6 | Eurozone | | | | | 86.0 | Finland | 35.90 | 52.6 | 44.00 | 40.30 | 48.4 |
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Portrayal of women in the media A recent UNESCO report describes the common images of women in the media: “the glamorous sex kitten‚ the sainted mother‚ the dishonest witch‚ the severe corporate and political climber.” The report‚ states that at the current rate of progress on stereotyping women‚ it will take another 75 years to achieve gender equality in the media. Popular magazines: These types of magazines are trying to feature female image with appearance unattainable for average women
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Made by: Verc Zhang 500680474 Jort de Jong 500686278 Pieter Verburg 500683678 David Hoek 500681766 Table of content Introduction That the U.S. government was spying on its citizens ‚ since 9/11‚ was obvious. but how far they exactly are going‚ became clear when Edward Snowden leaked information about the secret project of the National Security Agency‚ PRISM. The 29 -year-old system administrator saw shocking things
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IMF loans‚ which Greece formally submitted a request for on April 23. Why did it take so long for the bailout plan to be adopted? The EU’s capacity to take swift and efficient action was sorely tested by the Greek crisis. German Chancellor Angela Merkel long resisted emergency loans‚ largely because of fierce German public opposition to the bailout before a key election on May 9 in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. But German reluctance is not solely to blame‚ and the length and bitterness
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using the link below‚ do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/64fadd22-71c8-11e2-886e-00144feab49a.html#ixzz2KPZR3Ybm Angela Merkel‚ the German chancellor‚ helped broker the deal with Herman Van Rompuy‚ the European Council president‚ which includes a €1bn cut in spending on the Brussels bureaucracy and big reductions in cross-border infrastructure projects supposed to boost
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The mass assaults in Cologne on New Year’s Eve‚ in the shadow of Germany’s most historic and beautiful cathedral‚ are destined to become a defining moment in the immigration debate that is tearing Europe apart. After Cologne‚ the ugly truth can no longer be ignored. The assailants‚ described by a senior German official‚ Ralf Jaeger‚ as being mainly Arab and North African men‚ including asylum seekers who arrived in the past year‚ come from cultures that are deeply misogynistic. Their attitudes toward
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