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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
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Egyptians returned to the polls today to decide the future leaders of nine provinces. After a big win in the first round of elections, Islamist parties are aiming for a repeat victory.
Just because it's round two doesn't make it any less important. In fact, Wednesday's elections will determine 180 parliamentary seats, compared to 168 seats contested in the first stage of elections.
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After big win in 1st round of Egypt election, Islamist parties aim for a repeat.
Early results from the Egyptian elections reportedly show Islamists winning a clear majority in any the new parliament at the expense of the liberal activist groups that led the uprising against Hosni Mubarak.
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China has once again churned the choppy political waters of its regional relationships, with South Korea now up in arms after a Chinese fishing boat captain murdered a Korean coast guard officer this week.
This year has witnessed continually-rising tensions between China and the many neighbors with which it shares international waters, from the South China Sea around Vietnam and the Philippines to the Yellow Sea with South Korea.
The ongoing pattern in regional relations has typically included a few weeks of calm, then an incident in which China is accused of aggressively trying to expand its reach into territorial waters outside of accepted boundaries. It's fair enough to say that tensions are running high.
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South Korea is up in arms after a Chinese fishing boat captain murdered a Korean coast guard officer this week.
Report of ships disguised as fishing vessels comes as China warns India that "outside forces" and "foreign companies" should not be involved in the South China Sea dispute.
Dull but important:
As complex and uniquely European as the current turmoil “over there” may be, the euro zone sovereign debt crisis holds important lessons that the United States ignores at its own peril. Of course, the comparisons are not perfect. The euro zone has a structural problem that America does not face.
Nonetheless, here are some lessons from Europe’s crisis that are applicable to America’s current economic problems.
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When America's own debt crisis erupts, we won't have to make all of Europe's mistakes.
As S&P issues warning on EFSF, Europe's bailout bazooka appears doomed.
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2011 was a big year for GlobalPost. We included the work of more writers, living in more countries, writing more stories. We also brought in a larger audience than ever before. Here's a list of the most popular stories on GlobalPost in 2011.
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From the death of Muammar Gaddafi to mapping penis sizes around the world, here are GlobalPost's most popular stories of the year.
If you came to GlobalPost via a search engine, it was probably to one of these top 10 search stories.
Strange but True:
It's been 100 years since the first man reached the South Pole, so be sure to stop by the gift shop.
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