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Business Day

Inflation in Euro Zone Falls to 0.5%

By JACK EWING | Mar 31st 2014

The rate was lower than economists expected, and the report could reignite the debate about whether the euro zone faces a risk of deflation.

Deflation (Economics); European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- ); Interest Rates 

Europe is in depression.

Quantitative easing will have no effect.

The periphery is already in deflation.

The exit has been war.

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World

Police Scandals Reach Crisis Stage for Irish Government

By DOUGLAS DALBY | Mar 26th 2014

The police have been under attack for months over allegations of buggings and the cancellation of traffic penalties and fines for the well connected.

Politics and Government; Police; Wiretapping and Other Eavesdropping Devices and Methods; Corruption (Institutional); Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings; Traffic and Parking Violations 

We will hear much more about this.

The government in Dublin will probably fall.

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World

Rising Seas

By CORAL DAVENPORT | Mar 28th 2014

There is no way to mitigate long term.

The low lands will have to polder and pump.

That will not be stable.

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Opinion

Peace Process on Life Support?

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Mar 28th 2014

The signs are clear that talks between Israelis and Palestinians are in trouble.

Palestinians 

There will be no peace from this condition.

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Science

Enlisting a Computer to Battle Cancers, One by One

By CARL ZIMMER | Mar 27th 2014

Once you decode a tumor’s genome, what’s next? Oncologists hope that IBM’s Watson will help them find drugs for patients’ particular brain cancer mix.

Cancer; Genetics and Heredity; Supercomputers; Artificial Intelligence 

Anything that simplifies the process is worth development.

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N.Y. / Region

Determining the Legal Rights of Slaves

By MICHAEL POLLAK | Mar 27th 2014

With American independence began a slow, halting improvement in the lives of New York slaves.

Slavery; History (Academic Subject) 

The account is simplified.

There should be a link to as full an account as is available.

A better account:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_New_York 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_New_York#External_links

External links

• Slavery in New York, October 2005-September 2007, an exhibition by the New-York Historical Society
• Douglas Harper, "Slavery in New York", Slavery in the North, 2003, Official Website
• "The Hidden History of Slavery in New York", The Nation, 5 Nov 2007
• "Interview: James Oliver Horton: Exhibit Reveals History of Slavery in New York City", PBS Newshour, 25 January 2007
• Slavery In Mamaroneck Township, Larchmont Website

Places to start.

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Opinion

Palestinian Family Feuding

By ALI JARBAWI | Mar 28th 2014

The struggle within the Fatah faction over who will succeed the current president has reached a boiling point.

There is not much hope.