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Can Morocco quell the protests?

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Morocco's King Mohammed VI has a reputation as a moderate, but many in the country are demanding more change.
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Is the United States too democratic?

The problems facing the United States may be the result of having too many elections, according to economist Dambisa Moyo....
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Struggles and opportunities for Egypt's economy

Egypt's new finance minister, Samir Radwan, has a tough job: reviving Egypt's economy. ...
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Egyptian protests, climate change, and global food prices

Rising food prices may be making the world, including Egypt, much more unstable....
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Battling brain drain in the developing world

Cameroonian professionals, including doctors and lawyers, who are educated abroad tend not to return to their home country. The problem is common in the developing world....
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China: The new World Bank

The world's biggest investor in developing countries is no longer the World Bank. It's China....
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Colombians reclaim their land

Millions of Colombians have been forced off their land in the country's long civil war. Now some of those people are getting their land back....
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Secession challenges for South Sudan

Africa may have a new country soon, as South Sudan looks at seceding from the North, but the future of that region is anything but certain. ...
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Thousands of deaths caused by China's coal energy

China's industrial growth is powered by coal but mining and burning the energy source is causing health problems across the nation....
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Is China's one-child policy coming to an end?

As China's population ages, many consider overturning the country's controversial policy....
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