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Publication: The Economist - International

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

The G8 agenda: The transparency summit

AT FIRST blush, David Cameron seems an unlikely foe of tax dodgers and their accomplices. Conservatives are traditionally friendly to the wealthy and to big business, who gain most from fancy financial footwork. The City of London enjoys symbiosis ... [Published The Economist - International - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Group of Eight, Tax-Haven, Taxes, Symbiosis

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

The Economist

Roland Dallas: Bluesooth

Light the blue paper and retireIN THE 1980s “Dallas” was a soap opera about the shenanigans of capitalists. But to a discerning few the name was associated with another weekly offering, more often than not detailing the shenanigans of communists. It ... [Published The Economist - International - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Dallas (Texas, United States), Libel, Eritrea, The Economist, Guerrilla

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

BT Group plc

Phone boxes: A new calling

SpeakeasyPHONE boxes once epitomised telecommunications for the masses. Now they are in sharp decline. Only 3% of Britons used one to make a phone call in the past month, according to BT, the country’s biggest telecoms firm. Calls have fallen by over ... [Published The Economist - International - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Telecommunication, Defibrillation, BT Group plc, France Télécom SA

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

China’s foreign ports: The new masters and commanders

FROM the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 ... [Published The Economist - International - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Ports, Colombo (Sri Lanka), China

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Cigarettes: No butts

SMOKING, you may have heard, is unhealthy. On May 31st its adversaries celebrate World No Tobacco Day, an annual event that since 1987 has spread the word. Lawmakers have listened, wrapping tobacco firms with regulations. They have piled on taxes and ... [Published The Economist - International - May 30 2013]

Entities: Tobacco, Smoking, black market, Panama

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Citizen journalism: Foreign correspondents

AFTER the brutal murder of Lee Rigby, a British soldier, in London on May 22nd, many viewers watched a video of one of his suspected killers, with bloodstained hands and a meat cleaver, addressing onlookers. The video was broadcast first on ITV News, ... [Published The Economist - International - May 30 2013]

Entities: Citizen Journalism, Morley Safer, Authenticate, Lee Rigby

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

MoveOn.org

Internet campaigning: Any requests?

“CANDIDLY, we go after the cool kids,” confessed Mike Jeffries, the boss of Abercrombie & Fitch, a teenage-fashion retailer, adding, “Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.” These comments, made in 2006, reappeared in an article on May 3rd. They prompted Benjamin ... [Published The Economist - International - May 30 2013]

Entities: MoveOn.org, Liu Xiaobo, Army base, Abercrombie & Fitch Co

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Feminist protest: Breast-beating

MYTHS die hard. When a handful of feminists protested at the 1968 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, they burned no brassières. They did, however, dump a few (and make-up and high-heeled shoes) into a “freedom trash can”, while also crowning a ... [Published The Economist - International - May 23 2013]

Entities: Feminism, Protest, Dollhouse, Facial Hair, Anorexia Nervosa

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Halal business: Consuming passions

“EVEN in Mecca and Medina people have intercourse,” says Abdelaziz Aouragh, a Dutch Muslim who runs a “sensuality shop” (not a “sex shop”, he insists) for his co-religionists, under the slogan “Feel admired. Feel loved. Feel sensual”. El-Asira, which ... [Published The Economist - International - May 23 2013]

Entities: Mecca, Shariah Law, misleading, Qur'an

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Drug-law reform: Inching forward

Time to light upSEVEN of the world’s eight most violent countries lie on the bloody trafficking route from the cocaine fields of the Andes to the nostrils of North America. So it is unsurprising that Latin American leaders are fed up with the way drugs ... [Published The Economist - International - May 23 2013]

Entities: Cocaine, Drugs, United Nations, Anti-Drug

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Industrial espionage: Unusual suspects

BIG firms that lose data to cyber-spies normally know whom to blame. “It’s always the Chinese”, says Snorre Fagerland of Norman Shark, a security firm in Oslo. Yet on May 20th it revealed that a recent attack on Telenor, a Norwegian telecoms firm and ... [Published The Economist - International - May 23 2013]

Entities: Espionage, Telenor ASA, Operation Hangover, Norman Shark, Computer Hacker

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Hijackings on the high seas: Westward Ho!

ON MAY 10th, fighters against piracy reached a milestone. A year had passed since the last hijacking, when Somali pirates took a Greek tanker carrying 135,000 tonnes of fuel oil. The Smyrni and her crew of 26 were released ten months later after a record ... [Published The Economist - International - May 16 2013]

Entities: Hijacker, Somali Piracy, Vessel, International Maritime Bureau

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Roland Dallas: Bluesooth [Published The Economist - International - Jun 13 2013]
Phone boxes: A new calling [Published The Economist - International - Jun 13 2013]
The G8 agenda: The transparency summit [Published The Economist - International - Jun 13 2013]
China’s foreign ports: The new masters and comm... [Published The Economist - International - Jun 06 2013]
Cigarettes: No butts [Published The Economist - International - May 30 2013]
Citizen journalism: Foreign correspondents [Published The Economist - International - May 30 2013]
Internet campaigning: Any requests? [Published The Economist - International - May 30 2013]
Feminist protest: Breast-beating [Published The Economist - International - May 23 2013]
Halal business: Consuming passions [Published The Economist - International - May 23 2013]
Industrial espionage: Unusual suspects [Published The Economist - International - May 23 2013]
Drug-law reform: Inching forward [Published The Economist - International - May 23 2013]
Arctic diplomacy: A warmer welcome [Published The Economist - International - May 16 2013]
Civic crowdfunding: Breaking ground [Published The Economist - International - May 16 2013]
Hijackings on the high seas: Westward Ho! [Published The Economist - International - May 16 2013]
Recovering stolen assets: Making a hash of find... [Published The Economist - International - May 09 2013]
Muslim opinion: Minds unmade [Published The Economist - International - May 02 2013]
Identity politics: Called up [Published The Economist - International - May 02 2013]
The war on gays: Strange bedfellows [Published The Economist - International - May 02 2013]
Youth unemployment: Generation jobless [Published The Economist - International - Apr 25 2013]
McDonald’s University: Fries with that? [Published The Economist - International - Apr 25 2013]
Banning the sex industry: Naked ambition [Published The Economist - International - Apr 18 2013]
Tracking services: Pilgrims’ progress [Published The Economist - International - Apr 11 2013]
Teaching the past: 1066 and all that [Published The Economist - International - Apr 11 2013]
Capital punishment: Not dead yet [Published The Economist - International - Apr 11 2013]
Organised labour: Unions, Inc. [Published The Economist - International - Apr 04 2013]
Regulating the weapons trade: A killer deal [Published The Economist - International - Apr 04 2013]
Participatory politics: Processing power [Published The Economist - International - Mar 27 2013]
Catholicism and economics: The poor pope [Published The Economist - International - Mar 27 2013]
Shared worship spaces: God’s new digs [Published The Economist - International - Mar 21 2013]
Electronic lending and public libraries: Foldin... [Published The Economist - International - Mar 21 2013]