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Indonesia
The Setya show
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS last December, Indonesians were glued to their televisions and smartphones to follow a series of ethics hearings convened by the House of Representatives, the larger of Indonesia’s two legislative bodies. Setya Novanto, the colourful House speaker, faced allegations of corruption. What happened subsequently shows the progress Jokowi ...
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Indonesia
Roll out the welcome mat
AS YOU DRIVE (or more likely, sit and stew in traffic) in any of Indonesia’s big cities, you may see dozens of cyclists in green helmets and jackets zooming past your car windows. They are clad in the uniform of Go-Jek, an Indonesian e-commerce firm. Its name is a play ...
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Indonesia Filippine
Less talk, more action
IN 2009 SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO, in his second inaugural speech as president, boasted that Indonesia could “exercise its foreign policy freely in all directions, having a million friends and zero enemies.” Its foreign-policy goals, he said, were “advancing multilateralism through the United Nations and creating harmony among countries”. That may ...
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Brasile Indonesia
A world on fire
IT WAS ONE of the most important trips of his young presidency. Last October Jokowi and a bevy of advisers and businesspeople went to Washington, DC, to meet Barack Obama. They were due to go on to Silicon Valley to show off Indonesia’s burgeoning startups. But as his team flew ...
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Cina Indonesia
The country of the future
Hurry, time is short NINETEEN YEARS AGO the Asian financial crisis left Indonesia in dire straits. Between July 1997 and January 1998 the rupiah lost 80% of its value against the dollar. Shares plunged, banks were nationalised, inflation and unemployment soared. It seemed like a disaster, but in retrospect many Indonesians ...
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Marocco Algeria
Nouvelle ère pour DHL Maghreb
Points: Faysal El Hajjami laisse sa place à Jawad ...
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Cina
Shanghai stocks plunge 5.06% in afternoon trading
SHANGHAI - Shanghai stocks plunged more than 5% in afternoon trading on Thursday, weighed down by worries over China's slowing economy on Thursday, weighed down by worries over China's slowing economy and tight liquidity, dealers said.
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Marocco Francia
Bachar El Assad et le grand examen du cessez-le-feu
Par Mustapha Tossa##img0##Alors que la crise syrienne entame sa sixième année, jamais son issue n'a été aussi incertaine. De l'enlisement encore plus durable à une brusque sortie de crise, les commentateurs ne savent plus où donner de l'analyse ou de la prospection. C'est que cette crise syrienne avait démenti les prévisions les ...
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Portogallo
Banco de Portugal apoia despedimentos no Novo Banco
Regulador elogia Stock da Cunha e "reitera apoio" ao plano de reestruturação que envolve a saída de 1000 trabalhadores
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Portogallo
Moody's atribui a Portugal nota positiva mas duvida de meta do défice
Agência de rating considera que a versão revista do Orçamento de Estado melhora a credibilidade orçamental.