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Friday 18th January 2013

Algeria's long and complex battle against the Islamists, and its relationship with Mali, by Dr Berny Sèbe

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The hostage crisis on a BP oil base at Tiguentourine in Southern Algeria brings the issue of Islamist groups back to Algeria, where they developed in the early 1990s before the Algerian army routed them, forcing their relocation in Mali where ex-President Toumani Toure had the weakness to tolerate them.
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Friday 18th January 2013
Categories:
Arts and Law, International
Tuesday 15th January 2013

International research study to shed light on sources of air-polluting dust in India

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A quantitative analysis of dust sources in Delhi by scientists from India, the UK and the USA will provide important new insight into how individual sources of air-borne matter contribute to the overall concentrations measured in the atmosphere.
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Tuesday 15th January 2013
Categories:
International, Life and Environmental Sciences, Research
Monday 17th December 2012

Chinese students hail "transformational" UK study experience

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Chinese students who have studied in the UK have seen a "profound transformational experience" in their personal and professional lives, according to research into the impact of studying abroad.
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Monday 17th December 2012
Categories:
International, Research, Social Sciences
Friday 14th December 2012
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