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Last night, the British people voted to leave the European Union. When Britain joined the European Economic Community in 1973,…

This morning, I saw a TV ad for Lasik eye surgery and that got me wondering, “What’s happened to the…

Last month, President Thabo Mbeki was forced to call in the military to help the police restore order in townships…

The governing parties in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia came to power promising to end corruption. The Hungarian opposition,…

Sir John Cowperthwaite, who died at the age of 90 on January 21, 2006, was Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary between…