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| by Nicolamaria Coppola (EPOS) |
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| by Dragan Djokovic (EPOS) |
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“Corruption is our country’s middle name” - Miroslav Prokopijevic , political analyst, said after the general elections in Serbia. Throughout the whole Balkan region, corruption trend in the sphere of public acquisitions has reached a very high level in the last couple of years. However, Serbian system is still gaining momentum, in spite of strict remonstrations from the European Commission, anti-corruption bodies and the media in the country. |
| by Nicolamaria Coppola (EPOS) |
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The shooting down of the two Indian fishermen on February 15 off the Kollam coast, allegedly killed by Chief Master Sergeant Massimilano Latorre and Sergeant Salvatore Girone of San Marco Regiment, who were in service on board the Italian oil tanker Enrica Lexie, has led to a diplomatic row between India and Italy: what could be the political implications and the economic and commercial consequences of this incident? |
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by Andrea Dammacco (EPOS) |
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The war between Kenya and Somalia is fomenting anger and bitterness remained dormant for years. After the advance of the Kenyan troops, also Ethiopia and Eritrea are making their voices heard, and not only in the new conflict in the Horn of Africa. Who in support of a party, who the other.
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by Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra (EPOS) |
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The recent developments in Pakistan’s politics particularly the relations between the civilian government and military, in the background of troubled US-Pakistan relations exacerbated by the November killing of Pakistan soldiers by US drones and killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May, will have far reaching implications not only for Pakistan, but also for Afghanistan, South Asia, and far beyond.

One of the most respected and influential Muslim liberal reformist of all times was persecuted and expelled from Egypt during Mubarak's regime. He was accused of apostasy for the so called "hermeneutic approach to the Koran": applying hermeneutics to the Holy book, Abu Zayd would facilitate its understanding and a more current interpretation, opening the way to a modernisation of the text without corrupting its sacredness.








