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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of September 21-27, 2015.
Marginalizing countries the U.S. doesn’t see eye to eye with has gone nowhere. Time to engage, writes @Gadams1941 http://t.co/PokWq3tbnf
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 24, 2015
Following Sunday’s elections, what are the prospects for the Greek economy? Read: http://t.co/VeDn9t1eXS pic.twitter.com/aJP3mVxPqN
— CFR (@CFR_org) September 24, 2015
Why are wages rising slower than productivity? http://t.co/jOqCpPqJEm pic.twitter.com/j1mehRyZHX
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 24, 2015
Why Hillary Clinton is crushing the ‘invisible primary’ http://t.co/V0lBp4teAD pic.twitter.com/jCuPSssByU
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) September 24, 2015
Marco Rubio is flying under the election radar — and that’s a good thing, @michaelbd says: http://t.co/XxjR9c7HT9 pic.twitter.com/r9uVrr7Uvz
— The Week (@TheWeek) September 24, 2015
Opinion: ‘a little India that sees the rest of the country as not being Indian enough’ (by @Hashestweets) http://t.co/WxsqJT1LA9
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 24, 2015
As fears of a government shutdown loom, @MollyEReynolds explores the best path toward a grand bargain: http://t.co/VUjrmCFnV5
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) September 24, 2015
Detroit gangs use social media to brag – which helps police find and arrest them http://t.co/k6mcM83Xsn
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) September 24, 2015
Yellen Says Fed Is Likely to Raise Interest Rates This Year http://t.co/cf8YmHOTRS
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) September 24, 2015
The UN’s new #SDGs are “silent on the biggest crisis of our contemporary world: refugees.” Read @mahamyahya: http://t.co/95M42aIbQr
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) September 24, 2015
U.S. official: Russian fighter jets entered Syria with their transponders off in apparent attempt to avoid detection http://t.co/998U6q7vvI
— CNN (@CNN) September 24, 2015
How Pope Francis Vindicated the Immigrant Rights Movement http://t.co/OlVIx7IOfN
— The Nation (@thenation) September 24, 2015
Xi’s mission to win “hearts and minds” in America: http://t.co/ZfEByTFQtT pic.twitter.com/ltN1uxwKDO
— Reuters Opinion (@ReutersOpinion) September 24, 2015
Sorry, Elizabeth Warren fans, but she ain’t running for president http://t.co/Cl1xRPKSC2 pic.twitter.com/pO2M2kwxDe
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) September 24, 2015
Middle East News:Barghouti: Palestinian Authority will soon have election http://t.co/vsI3iFhtdY #MiddleEast pic.twitter.com/gn9cSnhvXT
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) September 24, 2015