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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of November 24th-30th, 2014.
How should #Mexico quell growing discontent? Take on the nation’s corruption, says @ShannonKONeil: http://t.co/FyRkVmF2QX
— CFR (@CFR_org) November 27, 2014
The Ethanol Mandate Proves the Government Is a Poor Central Planner – http://t.co/YZcnBrfa8F pic.twitter.com/EDYRZ8Dm8t
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) November 27, 2014
The BRICs were identified as large, fast-growing and increasingly influential economies. Is that still the case? http://t.co/JV4G0TYlf0
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 27, 2014
Presidents have always been “kings” to their enemies: http://t.co/wBc9gkVlv1
— POLITICO (@politico) November 27, 2014
America’s enemy that is now crushing #ISIS http://t.co/6a605FdWVP pic.twitter.com/JN6LbQp5GF
— Newsweek Europe (@NewsweekEurope) November 27, 2014
Snaphots of Iranian Jewry – doing better under Rohani http://t.co/gvY1iVrdmV pic.twitter.com/roHG7Z1tsH
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) November 27, 2014
China Approves Draft Law Boosting Control, Penalties on Pollution: China has approved a… http://t.co/whtZ9bOBnI
— LatAm Herald Tribune (@LAHT) November 27, 2014
10 things world leaders are thankful for, by @stephenWalt. http://t.co/jzVJnn5dhO pic.twitter.com/7RGeim06o3
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) November 27, 2014
Greek Unions in Second General Strike This Year over Austerity http://t.co/eabfqV6ejy
— LatAm Herald Tribune (@LAHT) November 27, 2014
After violent eviction, hundreds of families in Cambodia were dumped in a field 28 miles away http://t.co/GW66J2xYBe pic.twitter.com/TXb2KP0LiS
— GlobalPost (@GlobalPost) November 27, 2014
Opinion: “Violence in Ferguson may be futile, but it’s easy to understand for anyone who cares to understand” http://t.co/n2fZ7mYCvd
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) November 27, 2014
Who will pay Ebola patients’ medical bills in the U.S.? http://t.co/rutNGsxN2k
— National Journal (@nationaljournal) November 27, 2014
NATO fears Russia could control the entire Black Sea region, @davidcfrancis reports: http://t.co/W7hkx2DiMa
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) November 27, 2014
Taliban attack upscale neighborhood in Kabul http://t.co/KPqBO5vJT2 via @CSMWorldDesk
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) November 27, 2014
Are zero-emission, plug-in vehicles cleaner than petrol cars? It all depends… http://t.co/Jmh7rdN1WT pic.twitter.com/hS190KqBdz
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 27, 2014