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Instead, the business has been utterly ruined by the negligent, slovenly way in which it was run, nor can one really say which did most harm—the bookseller's procrastination, or that of acquaintances and those managing the business in Cologne, or again the whole attitude of the democrats generally....

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Problemi me GDP-në e shteteve të varfra

Sfida e përllogaritjes së GDP-së ka rëndësi akute në Afrikën nën-Saharë, për shkak të enteve të dobëta statistikore të këtyre shteteve dhe njëanshmërive historike, të cilat ndikojnë në matjet kryesore....

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Vrasin dhe vetëvriten, por kriza nuk mbaron!

Në të gjithë Eurozonën, vetëvrasjet janë rritur me 24% që nga viti i famshëm 2008, kur duhet realisht të ndjehesh kriza e madhe dhe deri në vitin 2012, por ka ende tendenca për rritje. Ne nuk nxjerrim përqindje, dhe është e kotë, sepse nuk kemi as sistem të qartë klasifikimi, dhe as statistika normale....

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Politics

Euro-Zone Recession Extends Into 2013

Meanwhile, an economic downturn that started in Greece three years ago has spread to the euro zone's three biggest economies after Germany—France, Italy and Spain—which account for half the bloc's GDP.

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“NYT”: Si të shërohen plagët e Ballkanit

VIP

In Memoriam

J Klosi (11 May 1938 - 5 August 1988).

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Margaret Thatcher (1925 - 2013)

Society

Work longer, live healthier?!

Research found that both mental and physical health can suffer, said the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Age Endeavour Fellowship, who claim the Government should help people work longer and raise the state pension ages.

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Peticion për Rrugën e Arbërit

Opinion

Shqipëria “reale”, Shqipëria “tjetër” dhe... Shqipëri “hesapi”!

Qytetarët le të zgjedhin vetë se cila është Shqipëria e vërtetë, cila është Shqipëria reale, cila është Shqipëria “tjetër” dhe cila ajo që shprehen qytetarët, në jetën e përditshme, “hë mo se Shqipëri “hesapi”! Edhe në këtë fushatë parazgjedhore, politikanët vazhdojnë të flasin jo sikur flasin me popullin e tyre, por me popullin e “Bregut të Fildishtë”!

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Për mandatin e deputetit pranoj edhe… të vesh-shkulem!

Literature

Carlos Fuentes (1928 – 2012)

Mexican novelist, journalist, playwright, and essayist, who made his international breakthrough with The Death of Artemio Cruz in 1962.

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Science

Mechanical trouble imperils Kepler

Just over four years after it was launched into orbit, NASA's Kepler space telescope has broken down. On 12 May, after tilting in an unexpected direction, it entered a protective safe mode and stopped collecting data. Efforts to get the spacecraft going again failed when a wheel critical for pointing the telescope refused to spin.

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Molecules in the brain trigger ageing

Culture

Carlos Fuentes obituary

Carlos Fuentes was born in Panama City, but his parents were Mexican, and he later became a Mexican citizen. Fuentes's father, Rafael Fuentes Boettiger, loved books and movies. He was a career diplomat and travelled all over the world.

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‘Van Gogh at Work’, Amsterdam

Life & Style

PayPal security boss: Obliterate passwords from THE PLANET

Get used to fingerprint, eyeball scanners, warns exec.PayPal has declared war on the password - and wants a better way for folks to perform open sesame on their own internet accounts.

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Huawei's Ascend P2 is coming to Three next month

Environment

Common source for Earth and Moon water

Measurements of the chemical composition of Moon rocks suggest that Earth was born with its water already present, rather than having the precious liquid delivered several hundred million years later by comets or asteroids. And in finding a common origin for the water on Earth and the Moon, the results highlight a puzzle over the leading theory for the formation of Earth's satellite.

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Moon and planet names spark battle

Education

Arsimi i lartë, Kina kërkon bashkëpunim me BE

Akademikët dhe funksionarët që morën pjesë në dialogun e lartë BE- Kinë në Bruksel para disa javësh, thanë se Kina dhe shtetet e BE-së kanë kaluar nga faza e lehtësimit të shkëmbimit të studentëve në diskutimin për korporata në nivel institucional dhe krijimin e platformave kërkimore të përbashkëta që do përfshijnë partnerë dhe nga jashtë Kinës dhe BE-së.

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University hours not matching fees

Business

G7 'agree to target tax avoidance'

The G7 group of industrialised nations have agreed that there must be collective action against tax evasion and avoidance, the UK's finance minister has said.

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G7 reaffirms commitment on currency depreciation

Travel

The Yaeyama islands

The main Yaeyama island, Ishigaki, where the airport is located, is a similar mix of tropical lushness and workaday architecture. Ishigaki City, the capital, has a laid-back friendly feel, and is a contrast after frenetic Tokyo.

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