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18-Aug-12 World View -- Lakhdar Brahimi to replace Kofi Annan as Syria peace envoy


For one brief, shining Olympic moment, Russians loved North Caucasians

** 18-Aug-12 World View -- Lakhdar Brahimi to replace Kofi Annan as Syria peace envoy
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi ... 18#e120818



Contents:
Lakhdar Brahimi to replace Kofi Annan as Syria peace envoy
Arrest of minister in Lebanon may signal weakening power of Hizbollah
For one brief, shining Olympic moment, Russians loved North Caucasians
Relations between South Korea and Japan at rock bottom


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Lakhdar Brahimi, Algeria, Lebanon, Syria,
Kofi Annan, Bashar al-Assad, Security Council, Hizbollah,
Michel Samaha, North Caucasus, Russia, North Korea, Japan

Even surrenders require signing a surrender document, so perhaps that's what he meant.

Two articles about Finland in the WSJ are showing trends in Europe:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087 ... 24980.html

Which says Finland's economy is lagging its neighbors that aren't on the EURO. This is only to be expected, unless Finland takes the lead as most productive, the money pump effect of the EURO will cause a relative decline in its economy due to money flows to the most productive EURO member.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087 ... 09702.html

Apparently the Finnish govt does not believe wishful thinking will cure the problems of the EURO,