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UKsoldiers in Khost, Afghanistan - archive image
US global dominance 'set to wane'
US dominance is likely to weaken by 2025 as India and China grow stronger, a new Washington intelligence report says.
Analysis: US intelligence report
Global Trends 2025: Key points
Death of the dollar?

A relative weeps at the funeral of cholera victims in Harare, 6 November 2008 Cholera outbreak strikes Zimbabwe
Nearly 300 people have died in Zimbabwe in recent weeks from an outbreak of cholera, the World Health Organization reports.

Citigroup Citigroup plunges on uncertainty
Shares in Citigroup, one of the biggest banks in the US, fell sharply on Friday amid ongoing uncertainty over its future.


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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
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Behind the scenes of Brazil's biofuel revolution
President Alexander Lukashenko and military chiefs at parade in Minsk, 3 July 08 In from the cold
Belarus in image makeover to woo the West
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AMERICAS
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ASIA-PACIFIC
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EUROPE
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MIDDLE EAST
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TECHNOLOGY
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