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Europe's debt crisis: 5 ways it's been put to good use
Europe’s debt crisis has roiled financial markets and populations. But beyond nationwide strikes and gyrating markets, Europe has put its crisis to good use. Here Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, a research fellow at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics points out five trends that will ultimately strengthen the European Union and the euro currency.
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Correspondent reflections: The 10 news events that shaped 2011
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10 top book headlines of 2011
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Home values headed to new lows?
Two new reports show home values falling again. They could dip below last year's lows, some economists say.
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Iceland volcano ash cloud forces airline to cancel flights until Monday
Ryanair has announced it is canceling most of its flights until Monday due to the uncertain path of the Iceland volcano ash cloud.
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Ash from Iceland volcano shuts all British airports and affects air travel across northern Europe
A spreading plume of ash from an erupting Iceland volcano shut all British airports and effected air travel across northern Europe. The precautions reflect protocols developed after volcanic ash almost caused two disastrous crashes in 1982.
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Silk Parachute
The latest collection of essays by quintessential New Yorker writer John McPhee includes some of his most personal writing to date.
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For many Vancouver Olympics athletes, sports psychology is key
Think what you will, but many Vancouver Olympics athletes now rely heavily on sports psychologists to help them focus and perform at their best.
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Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games: Figure skating
Though figure skating will have some hot competition from Canadian favorites hockey and curling at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, the perennial crowd-pleaser is sure to wow fans – especially South Koreans, who could win their first medal.
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What can Nobel winner and war president Obama say about peace?
President Obama is headed to Oslo to receive his Nobel Peace Prize. It's an awkward moment. Not only is he sending more troops to Afghanistan, but most Americans don’t think he deserves the award, a poll suggests.
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Ski jumping on plastic? How Olympians train before the snow flies.
In Lake Placid, N.Y., Vancouver 2010 hopefuls do helicopters into chilly pools and slide down refrigerated tracks. The town has had a virtually unparalleled role in shaping the rising generation of US winter Olympians.
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Global warming takes a toll on Arctic ecosystem
Latest scientific studies say that the Arctic is warming, causing dramatic shifts in the ecosystem.
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Salmon: the king of fish
To make gravlax, that dill-drenched Swedish appetizer, the main requirement is very fresh salmon – and a couple of bricks.
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Mighty caribou herds dwindle, warming blamed
Many caribou herds have lost more than half their number from the maximums of recent decades.
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Love and Summer
A gentle, masterly tale of love and betrayal in a small Irish farm town.
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Norway reelects center-left government, dimming EU prospects
A hotly contested election campaign concluded with reconfirmation that Norway won't join the EU.
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Caribou populations fall sharply
Scientists look at why the numbers of caribou are declining.
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Should green-minded Norway invest in Canadian oil-sands?
Last week, Greenpeace failed in its bid to force Norway's StatoilHydro to abandon a $2 billion investment in a project that it says produces 10 times the greenhouse gases as North Sea drilling.
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Nordic boom in biker gangs
Hells Angels and immigrant gangs clash; police and citizens struggle to find solutions.
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Parks that can move when the animals do
Climate change is pushing marine animals out of their protected areas. Ways must be found to ensure that their protection migrates with them, naturalists say.
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Israel finds more sympathy in Europe
Concerns about Islamist threat have influenced traditionally pro-Arab Europe's view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Should we nationalize the Big Three?
As lawmakers debate a bailout package for the troubled Big Three automakers this week, we're seeing a word rarely spotted north of Venezuela or west of Scandinavia: nationalization.
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Brits try to retrieve assets frozen in Icelandic banks
The country's banks expanded greatly during boom years and now can't roll over the debt.
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The greenest generation?
Are kids today more eco-friendly than their parents? Will they stay that way?
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In Britain, Labour pushes ambitious overhaul of welfare system
Gordon Brown's beleaguered party unveiled proposals last week to send recipients back to work, including nearly 2 million whose disability claims are not believed to be genuine.
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A leg up on learning Chinese
One of the latest trends in American child care is Chinese au pairs.
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In E.U., hope dims for Iraqi refugees
Sweden, Europe's most generous host, is scaling back to ease strains on its welfare system. One town alone has accepted more Iraqis than the US since 2003.
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Family planning gone awry
The drive to control human population can lead to abuses, warns a historian.
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