Climate change: why the Chinese are frightened
Last week's announcement by China's Ministry of Finance that the country will introduce a carbon tax, probably in the next two years, did not dominate the international headlines.
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Comical act but no-one is laughing
The winner of last week's election in Italy was a mythical beast called ''Grillosconi''.
Leniency unlikely soon for Bahraini protesters
Doomsday scenario nonsense
Catholicism born of empire and run like one
Chokri Belaid killing may be bid to derail democracy
Sea and fish quota issue warming up
It's hard enough to manage a fishery stock sustainably when the fish stay put. Once they start moving around, it's almost impossible.
Senkaku/Diaoyu: another Falklands?
Britain exiting EU hardly realistic policy
The real problem is continental drift: Brussels, the capital of the European Union, is getting further and further away from England.
Tentative plea for help or cynical ploy?
If North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un, wanted to end the brutal and destructive tyranny that his father and grandfather imposed on the country, he would need support from abroad.