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News Headlines August 8, 2013: Lavabit Founder Claims to Not Use Email, Volcano in Indonesia Erupts, Japanese National Debt Passes 1 Quadrillion Yen

Lavabit Founder Claims to Have Stopped Using Email Due to Security Concerns Volcano in Indonesia Erupts Radioactive Water Overwhelm Fukushima’s Barrier Pakistani Troops Violate Cease Fire with India Mass Grave of Palestinians Dating to 1948 Discovered Ultra-Orthodox Jews Close to Joining Israeli Military Astronomer’s Find Star ‘Methuselah’ Believed to Be Older than Known Universe Vietnamese […]

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Finance Minister Tendai Biti: $217 Remains in Zimbabwe’s Sovereign Account

In a report from Agence France Presse, Tendai Biti told reporters in Harare that Zimbabwe would have $217 remaining after it paid government workers, leaving the nation’s finances in a state of paralysis.   Zimbabwe had extraordinarily high levels of inflation in 2011 and 2012 which the IMF claims have only recently moderated at levels beneath […]

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Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: Scaling Back Expectations?

The Arab Spring has unsettled more than just the political establishment in the Middle East with dictators in Africa falling to change as well. Events like the fall of Muammar Qaddafi’s regime and Michael Sata’s ascendency in Zambia have upset the traditional stability African leadership has enjoyed for decades – a stability that is both […]

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