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Qui ne connaît pas la fameuse formule de JFK « ich bin ein berliner » ? Me croiriez-vous si je vous disais que sa réelle traduction est « je suis un beignet » (1). Petit cours de langue rapide l’ajout de l’article ‘ein’ transforme le sens…
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Who isn’t familiar with JFK’s famous words “Ich Bin Ein Berliner”? Would you believe me If I told you the correct meaning of this phrase is "I am a doughnut"? The addition of ‘ein’ before ‘berliner’ transforms the meaning of the noun from…
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Whereas the year 2015 marks the 70th year of Korea’s independence, the citizens’ faith in the nation’s government seems to have plummeted to a record low. On January 30th, polling agency Gallup Korea announced that public support for…
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The history of scandals, virulent denunciations and accusations, and near warfare between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran casts doubt over the ongoing nuclear negotiations. From the perspective of many in the West, the…
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Determining whether Canada’s falling exchange rate is a result of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) persistent output despite falling oil prices may seem an unnecessary case of playing the blame game. However,…
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With the recent election of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the radical left coalition, Syriza, speculation has again arisen concerning the possibility of a Grexit (Greek exit from the Eurozone); the existential crisis summed up…
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Enquête. Dès 2002 et au moins jusqu’en 2007, HSBC Private Bank a été le théâtre d’une alliance entre des dealers d’ecstasy d’Atlanta et un trafiquant d’armes israélien, ex-fournisseur d’Al-Qaïda désigné comme blanchisseur de cartels…
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From 2002 until 2007 at least, HSBC Private Bank was the scene of an alliance between Atlanta-based ecstasy dealers and an Israeli arms trafficker, former Al-Qaeda supplier and money launderer for Mexican cartels. Night was falling over…
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Last month, the Coalition of the Radical Left (also known as SYRIZA), a left-wing party, swept the Greek legislative elections, winning 149 of the 300 seats in the national legislature. Faced with economic struggle, high inflation, and…
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On January 30th, the Harper Government unveiled Bill C-51, cited as the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act, or popularly referred to as the Anti-Terror Act 2015.  Extended powers to intelligence agencies and a broadly framed…
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