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Article by 2015 Nobel laureate Angus Deaton on poor countries
* Angus Deaton, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, is the 2015 Nobel laureate in economics. He is the author of The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality.
UNHCR head thanks Greece, frontline islands, for improved response to continuing arrivals
Indian burning lake is an unnatural phenomenon (pics + vids)
Bellandur Lake, a 36km lake, located at Bangalore, India, is the largest and most populated one in the area. It is so toxic that it froths over and sometimes bursts into flames.
Saudi employer cuts off woman’s hand
Kasturi Munirathinam’s right arm was cut off, allegedly by her employer, when she tried to escape from their house last week, where she was working as a domestic help.
Her family has stated that she was being tortured by her Saudi employers and her employers had been angered after she complained about the harassment she was facing, as BBC reports.
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Global Finance magazine lowers Turkish Central Bank governor's grade
Global Finance magazine has lowered the rank of Turkish Central Bank Governor Erdem Ba?ç? from B+ to C, ranking him as one of the worst performers this year.
Ba?ç? was not graded in his first year in the job in 2011, but took a B+ in 2012, B in 2013, and B- in 2014.
Turkey eyes TV series exports worth $350 mln
Turkey plans to realize popular TV series exports worth $350 million this year, according to sector representatives attending the world's leading TV content fair MIPCOM Cannes on Oct. 5-8.
Turkey, selected the country of honor at this year's fair, has risen from an average of $500 to around $200,000 per episode in TV series exports over the last decade.
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Vucic: Constitution will have to be changed because of EU
Vucic: Constitution will have to be changed because of EU
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that "Serbia will have to change its Constitution due to joining the EU."
This will require "a broad consensus," he said on Friday, during a lecture he delivered at he Faculty of Law in Belgrade, dubbed, "Serbia between East and West."
In India, meat and murder threaten Modi's inclusive agenda
The murder by a Hindu mob of a Muslim man rumoured to have slaughtered a cow has thrown a spotlight on the hardline, polarising agenda of some followers of Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, undermining his promise of development for all.
Turkish exports decline for fifth month in row
Turkey's exports declined 19.8 percent in September year-on-year, the Turkish Exporters Assembly reported Oct. 1.
Exports fell to $10.61 million in September, representing the fifth consecutive month of decline. For the year to date, exports have dropped 10 percent year-on-year to $106.3 billion, according to the report.
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Saudi police say 1,100 photos of dead are from start of hajj
Saudi Arabia said Sept.29 the nearly 1,100 photos distributed to foreign diplomats to help identify nationals who have died in the hajj are from the entire pilgrimage and not just a disaster near Mecca.