21 January 2016 Week in Brief: International BURKONO FASO: Four militants from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb attacked a café and a hotel in Ougadoudou with bombs and firearms. At least 28 people from nine countries (including Canada, the US, the Netherlands, Switzerland and France) were killed. The militants were killed when local troops… Continue reading Issue 37:2016 01 21:Week in Brief International
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Issue 29: 2015 11 29 International News
19 November 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: Seven people were wounded when presidential guards shot at protesters outside President Ghani’s official residence in Kabul. The protesters were marching about the abduction and murder of seven members of the Hazari Shia minority, and were reportedly trying to scale the palace walls. Taliban forces have taken… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 29 International News
Issue 13: 2015 07 30 International News
30 July 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS EGYPT: Nineteen people were drowned when a cargo boat collided with a Nile river boat. A second Suez canal, 72km (45 miles) long, has been built in twelve months. The depth of the original canal has been increased to 20m (66ft) to allow bigger ships. With two canals,… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 International News
Issue 11: 2015 07 16: Greece and the Oracle
16 July 2015 Greece and the Oracle by John Watson Rain Gods fall into two distinct categories. In “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, Douglas Adams’s character Rob McKenna achieves Rain God status because, wherever he is, it rains. That is one sort of Rain God. The other sort is, well, me or, at least,… Continue reading Issue 11: 2015 07 16: Greece and the Oracle
Issue 10: 2015 07 09: Mr Tsipras’s Tactics
09 July 2015 Mr Tsipras’s Tactics by John Watson Old hands at litigation will tell you that if you are stuck for a strategy you can do worse than to imagine yourself in the other side’s position, work out what it is that they would like you to do least and then do it. It… Continue reading Issue 10: 2015 07 09: Mr Tsipras’s Tactics
Issue 8: 2015 06 25: The Threat From Outside the Bubble
25 June 2015 The threat from outside the Bubble by John Watson In my next life I think I would like to work at the EU Commission. That is not because I love Brussels, although to be fair the chocolate there is excellent. Nor is it the stimulating company; I am sure there are lots… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: The Threat From Outside the Bubble
