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Egypt's biggest Salafi group, the Nour Party, recently went public with its concerns over president Muhammad Morsi econ.st/19R26c0
Many journalists in Ecuador fear a bill to regulate the media spells censorship econ.st/16Jpc0h
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easyJet has announced plans to buy 135 new Airbus planes. It also has the right to purchase a further 100 econ.st/11nFhrO
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On June 18th, China became the latest and largest country to trade carbon emissions econ.st/13SZ2XZ
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The arrival of migrants from rural areas and abroad has pushed up demand for housing in Mozambique's capital, Maputo econ.st/19R6wiW
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The Milky Way 2, or Tianhe-2 in Chinese, surpassed an American machine to become the world's fastest supercomputer econ.st/1bVyveb
#Dailychart: A live chart on how the Chinese yuan has gone from being controversially weak to uncomfortably strong econ.st/11nM4ld
Just how vulnerable are medical devices to malicious hackers? econ.st/19R9CUh
It is hard to see countries giving up their monetary flexibility unless they are forced to econ.st/16JS74p
Making buses and subways free would increase passenger numbers and save time by reducing road congestion econ.st/1bVRHZc
Champions of reform have several things to cheer after the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland econ.st/19if3J2 #G8
Cuts to Britain's arts funding are both regrettable and inevitable econ.st/1bS0v2h
Protests in São Paulo have morphed into the biggest street demonstrations #Brazil has seen for more than 20 years econ.st/11mfzUs
The defeat of an Islamist militia in Libya raises hope that law and order may return econ.st/16vwPYl
Few American fiscal problems are as grave, or as little understood, as underfunded state and municipal pensions econ.st/18OoC5I
A cleric that showed bravery in Soviet times is worried by proposed changes to history teaching in Russia econ.st/16dFxtf
American Airlines has announced plans to add more seats to its Boeing 737s and McDonnell Douglas MD-80s econ.st/16dAvNs
Iran's president-elect may herald some shift in domestic politics but he remains very much an establishment figure econ.st/1bRpId3
A new United Nations intervention force in eastern Congo has the most robust of mandates econ.st/11vUHa6
Has Europe suffered from a lack of German leadership during the euro crisis? Our new debate is now open. Vote via econ.st/1bRdv8n
#Dailychart: Today's chart reveals the world's population by region from 2013 to forecasts for 2050 econ.st/11vYrsj
When comparing Finland's financial crisis in the early 1990s and Croatia's current recession, there are similarities econ.st/10teGev
Many think e-cigarettes could save thousands of lives. So why do some people object to them? econ.st/11ljml8
For all the hardship it is inflicting, the economic crisis is helping many Spanish firms sharpen up econ.st/12Pagjp
A government's first job is to protect its citizens. But that should be based on informed consent, not blind trust econ.st/12Pairt
China ponders sending more combat troops on UN peacekeeping missions econ.st/124Rk8H
Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a paralysing effect on patent trolls econ.st/11OVYI1
Motorists hoping for some rapid relief from high oil prices may be out of luck econ.st/16vwx3J
Greece was back in protest mode after the state broadcaster, #ERT, was closed on June 11th econ.st/13GRkA7
The long-troubled Central African Republic is drifting deeper into crisis under an unruly band of rebels econ.st/18OokMf
Justin Rose struck a chord with the many golf fans who watched his #USOpen triumph while wearing Father's Day socks econ.st/14dBIDf
#Dailychart: Today's chart shows which countries drink the most vodka, gin, whisky and rum econ.st/11KErSw
Almost unnoticed, the United Nations is about to fight its first war. That is a gamble worth taking econ.st/12uPi84
Why are the rights to the song "Happy Birthday" in dispute? econ.st/10qAV4G
After enduring a decade of criticism for its weakness, China's currency now looks uncomfortably strong econ.st/18OnWx7
Britain's leader will push for global reform of the world economy's most shadowy corners at the summit of the G8 econ.st/17JUur5
Global consumption of primary energy has grown by 30% over the past decade econ.st/19GHjIa
If Europe's economies are to recover, Germany must start to lead econ.st/154GG3T
Video: The EU could suspend Hungary's voting rights to force its prime minister, Viktor Orbán, to toe the line econ.st/18wj8fQ
A tribute to the Scottish author Iain Banks, who died of cancer on June 9th aged 59 econ.st/14T94pF
Turkey's prime minister chooses toughness over talk. The consequences could be seriously damaging econ.st/17JUaZe
On June 10th Apple announced a music-streaming service, following others into a booming bit of the industry econ.st/11imwme
The Cloisters Museum in New York City marks its 75th anniversary with a celebration of the unicorn econ.st/196ZfbS
For Barack Obama the war on terror is what the Vietnam War was to Lyndon Johnson econ.st/167UwWg
The new Economist Quiz is now available via our website: econ.st/12L3uev
Spirit Airlines recently ranked as the least-liked US carrier by readers of Consumer Reports, an American magazine econ.st/11Abvwq
On June 12th the Royal Bank of Scotland said that its chief executive, Stephen #Hester would leave this year econ.st/11Mj8TG
Boeing and Airbus will duel for dominant position in the long-haul wide-body market at the Paris airshow next week econ.st/11A4nA1
Birmingham, Britain's second city, puts forward bold plans to expand its airport econ.st/1a8LPgY
Joss Whedon's film adaptation of the play "Much Ado About Nothing" is carefree but not careless econ.st/12tj64Y