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@bloggingsbyboz @kattebel European heads of state also went out of their way to downplay the V R's role and importance.

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@bloggingsbyboz @kattebel That's too strong. But there is ncentive now for US only to listen to EU when it brings unified position to table.

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@kattebel Yes. After a miraculous election victory, sure. But now? Why? And if true, why not push much harder for Miliband as Hi-Rep?

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@kattebel "well-placed No 10 insider" - hmm.

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@joannejacobs patient as impatient :-)

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IBM makes supercomputer significantly smarter than cat - http://arstechnica.com/science...

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But working out how to use such a massive simulation proves difficult. - David Steven

The Guardian | Northern Rock: Why should taxpayers be paying to inflate the housing market? - http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms...

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Hah. Pleased for Scotland. Consolations to my Aussie friends. Well, not really.

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@brianbeutler Make that three...

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@alanna_shaikh Sad. Wonder, though, if you see similar leaps as when pidgin evolves rapidly into a creole as soon as kids learn it.

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Tories to pull British forces out of Germany - Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news...

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Did I miss something? Has the Cold War ended? - David Steven

"Even through a veil of censorship and propaganda, the Chinese people managed a clearer view of Obama's visit than the US media did."

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Don't mean that as a criticism of the journalist, but the process of agreeing quotes is an odd one.

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@joannejacobs O rough. Hope you get better very soon.

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Have spent much of the day going back and forth with a NYT journalist - not really sure what I've ended up saying.

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@kursed One small hope - more time policy makers spend exploring long term challenges (rather than crisis), better chance of good outcomes.

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@kursed Create 36 million new jobs in a decade and Pakistan will be laughing...

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@kursed Sure - demographic dividend vs demographic disaster. Policy environment decides.

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@joannejacobs A virus that isn't flu?

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Vanish - wonderful article about trying to disappear http://www.wired.com/vanish...

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Can #Pakistan tap the potential of the next generation? http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...

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@caroldn This was a good article on flu - esp on mortality stats; vaccine risk; infection w/o fever etc http://www.newscientist.com/special...

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@caroldn Also the 'deficit model' - more information will lead to better choices. Doesn't work.

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@aem76us Trash - interesting. But that's an industry within a relatively low corruption society?

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@davidmacdougall Presumably they had to do 10 from one POV, 10 from the other. Being fair and balanced demands commitment.

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Gang kills people for their fat http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id...

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@aem76us Case study: Italy.

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@investoralist Thanks so much for that. Had been looking for a copy.

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Among the fascinating people I follow: @shefaly @kattebel @BinaShah @kirbstr @CharlotteMcC @caroldn #ff

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@aem76us I've always wanted to read a good book on how, historically, societies have stopped being endemically corrupt.

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