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TwitterReservations for restaurants in Budapest used to be difficult for many tourists to make. There were two reasons for this. One reason was the language barrier that so often exists between foreigners and native Hungarians, because even when a Hungarian waiter or receptionist speaks English, there might be differences in that person’s accent or vocabulary [...]
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Niger Makes Strides Against Polio
Posted by Moses Olibrice on June 6th, 2011
Niger has teamed up with the WHO and the UNICEF to try to stem the increase of polio in its jurisdiction. But the task will not be easy, as some communities in border regions like Maradi and Zinder refuse to be vaccinated. In fact, some communities in the capital city, Niamey, also refuse to be [...]
Posted in Health, World 
Tags: border regions, global campaign, polio vaccination, sessions 
No Comments »Rift Between Reformers, Stalwarts?
Posted by Emma Russo on April 7th, 2011
Cable speaks of some members of the party advocating that Sonia Gandhi jettison Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister After the Congress suffered electoral losses in Punjab and Uttarakhand in February 2007, some party members advocated that party president Sonia Gandhi “jettison” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election in April-May 2007 [...]
Posted in U.S, World Tags: manmohan singh, party members, party president, prime minister manmohan singh No Comments »Is The Euro Trash?
Posted by Nathan Jackson on December 21st, 2010
Continued difficulties for the Euro zone have seen its currency fall against the dollar, and the Euro hit a fresh low against the Swiss Fran on Monday. Perhaps chief among the difficulties for the euro is the continued speculation about the insolvency of European countries like Spain. Moody’s indicated that it may well follow up [...]
Posted in Money, World Tags: belgium, euro, forex, france, Ireland, spain, swiss francs No Comments »Sarkozy So Cozy With India
Posted by Derrick Lawson on December 14th, 2010
French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid a visit to India last week in a move that received little attention in the US. Sarkozy brought a 50-member entourage with him and managed to secure business agreements of $20 billion, roughly double what US President Barack Obama was able to accomplish with his estimated $10 billion in Indian [...]
