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Why Spain’s unemployed millennials are rushing to join the navy
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Egypt’s young entrepreneurs work to fulfill revolution’s promise
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With opportunity scarce, Brazil’s youth demand more than the World Cup
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May 28, 2014
India election: ‘Idealistic banker’ represents anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party
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Apr 14, 2014
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Low-caste Indians look to Modi and BJP in elections
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Apr 07, 2014
Marginalized Indian Muslims ambivalent at election time
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The roots of Nigeria’s religious and ethnic conflict
BY MOSES OCHONU Modern Nigeria emerged through the merging of two British colonial territories in 1914. The amalgamation...
Mar 10, 2014