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Macedonia oppn to boycott polls as parliament dissolves

Skopje / AFP Macedonia’s main opposition party said it will boycott a “sham” election in June, as parliament dissolved ahead of the vote which is supposed to end a political crisis. The June 5 election is part of a European Union-backed deal reached last year between the government and the opposition to end months of turmoil. But Zoran Zaev, leader ...

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Why did Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement fail?

In December 2014, the Umbrella Movement, Hong Kong protests that had started on September 22, ended. Major roads, which had for three months been occupied by protesters, now were bustling again with traffic. Students returned to university empty-handed and suffrage-less. The protests, once lively with energy from the potential of tangible change, were extinguished without so much as an official ...

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When the ‘kindness of strangers’ is no longer enough

One of the biggest unanswered questions of Britain’s looming referendum is how much capital might flee the nation if it decides to go it alone. As it stands, foreign investors do better in Britain than British investors abroad, and that investment has been a big driver in the U.K. economy. It also helps explain why there’s so much concern about ...

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