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| There is more to come as football [soccer] fans from around the world descend on the country's big cities. | |
| The ruling party has said it wil not choose a presidential candidate until 2011, when elections are due, but the shift to a new leader- presumed to be Mr Mubarak's son, Gamal... | |
| Hardest hit of all European nations by the global slump, (country)'s economy will shrink by a further 4% in 2010 after 2009's horrific 17% contraction and a 4.6% decline in 2008. | |
| Entrepot to the world, the city-state was battered by the collapse in world trade that accompanied the credit crunch... | |
| Kevin Rudd, who heads the Labor Party government, is here for the duration. Stronger business investment an drising exports to China will help the economy to grow faster in 2010... | |
| The economy will improve, but hesitant US and European consumers will limit the export recovery (Country) needs to turn around. | |
| The combined shocks of sharply lower oil prices and falling international demand meant (country) had a worse time of it than most during the global slump. | |
| After a lull following the death of (country)'s Taliban leader, Baituallah Mehsud, in a US drone attack, hostilites in the country's lawless north-west will regain their former... | |
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| ...Peace talks in Cyprus, a big factor in (country's) EU membership bid, will proceed, but bring no deal. | |
| Voters have not taken to its candidate-in-waiting, Dilma Rousseff, and the opposition candidate, Jose, Serra, who is governor of Sao Paulo state, will shine as economic hardship pe | |
| Military victory over the Tamil Tigers will deliver a modest peace dividend, with a burst of inward investment driving growth to 6.3%, but underlying ethnic tension and isolated te | |
| An impasse between Flemish and French-speaking parties over the devolution of federal power to regional authorities willl divert political attention from the vital task of... | |
| Nuri al-Maliki, the prime minister, will seek re-election in January, though his decision to remain aloof from a new Shia coalition reduces his chances. | |
| The colonel's aim of improving ties with the West wil continue to be weakened by his idiosyncratic leadership style and policy decisions. Nevertheless, the country's oil wealth... | |
| Improving ties with China will remain a priority, and an economic co-operation agreement with the mainland may be reached in 2010. | |
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