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    <title>As I Please | Big Think</title>
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    <description>&lt;p&gt;Mark Seddon, the former United Nations Correspondent and New York Bureau Chief for  Al-Jazeera English TV, offers irreverent commentary on the&amp;nbsp;major events that shape the lives of people in Europe.&amp;nbsp; As I Please aims to speak truth to power, however uncomfortable that&amp;nbsp;may sometimes be.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Europe's Fear of the UnKnown</title>
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        <![CDATA[ As paralysis continues to grip the corridors of power in Brussels and Berlin, even the dark humour for which central Europeans are noted is in short supply. But at least, so the line goes, the Greeks managed "to get it right" at the ballot box on Sunday and won't be forced to vote in another ...<br><br><a href='http://bigthink.com/As-I-Please/europes-fear-of-the-unknown'>Read More</a>]]>
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      <title>Survival pushes ideology aside in this euro-zone crisis</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 20:32:09 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ However hard most political leaders try, almost whatever they do in an attempt to look fashionable and plugged into the real lives of voters, it never seems to quite work. Whether it's stage-managed pictures of middle-aged politicians wobbling on bicycles at a European Union summit, or worse still ...<br><br><a href='http://bigthink.com/As-I-Please/survival-pushes-ideology-aside-in-this-euro-zone-crisis'>Read More</a>]]>
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      <title>Britain: Inching towards a referendum on Europe</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:50:38 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ A quiet suburban street set in the leafy suburbs of Cheadle, Manchester, Northern England on Monday, witnessed a coming together of a former Leader of Manchester City Council, Labour MP Graham Stringer and a local Conservative MP with a strong independent streak, David Nuttall. This unlikely couple ...<br><br><a href='http://bigthink.com/As-I-Please/britain-inching-towards-a-referendum-on-europe'>Read More</a>]]>
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      <title>When Justice falls victim to ‘National Security’</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:22:11 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ As his ear continues to be bent by assorted British Government officials, spooks and former Ministers determined that he introduce further restrictions over disclosure of information in ‘sensitive’ court cases that affect National Security, perhaps Britain’s Justice Secretary, Kenneth Clarke might ...<br><br><a href='http://bigthink.com/As-I-Please/when-justice-falls-victim-to-national-security'>Read More</a>]]>
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      <title>It Could Happen Here: Beware of Hackers Like Rebekah Brooks</title>
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        <![CDATA[ I hope that the US authorities are keeping a close eye on proceedings in little old London town involving Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, and that of one of his former closest colleagues, the editor of the now closed News of the World newspaper, Rebekah Brooks. She and her husband have now been ...<br><br><a href='http://bigthink.com/As-I-Please/it-could-happen-here-beware-of-hackers-like-rebekah-brooks-3'>Read More</a>]]>
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      <dc:creator>Mark Seddon</dc:creator>
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      <title>What Labour's Gains Mean</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 16:52:54 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ In Britain, the main Opposition Labour Party  leader, Ed Miliband was pleased at his party’s strong progress in the mid term council elections in England – and especially Wales. Gaining well in excess of 800 councillors, while watching the wretched Nick Clegg (leader of the Liberal Democrats and a ...<br><br><a href='http://bigthink.com/As-I-Please/what-labours-gains-mean'>Read More</a>]]>
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      <dc:creator>Mark Seddon</dc:creator>
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      <title>History is Made in Burma</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 15:01:17 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ United Nations Secretary General, Ban ki moon, was this week in Myanmar, or Burma as Western and some domestic opponents continue to call the country. It is not the first time, nor is it likely to be the last, yet Ban’s visit is likely to be recalled as being the most constructive so far by any ...<br><br><a href='http://bigthink.com/As-I-Please/history-is-made-in-burma'>Read More</a>]]>
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      <title>Iceland Recovers But Offers Little Hope To Greece</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:39:32 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Iceland, a small, rocky outpost in the North Atlantic and home to just over 318,000 people is not a country that easily makes international headlines. But back in the 1970s, Iceland was a staple feature of the nightly news in the UK at least, as that country’s small navy did its best to repulse ...<br><br><a href='http://bigthink.com/As-I-Please/iceland-recovers-but-offers-little-hope-to-greece'>Read More</a>]]>
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      <dc:creator>Mark Seddon</dc:creator>
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      <title>UK Prime Minister, David Cameron forgets his new 'best friend'</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:38:22 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Eighteen months ago, I interviewed President Mohamed Nasheed, the Maldives first ever democratically elected leader, for al Jazeera TV in the capital, Male. Then, as now, this small Indian Ocean island nation, stood on the edge of a constitutional crisis. “I could do what the old dictator, Gayoom ...<br><br><a href='http://bigthink.com/As-I-Please/uk-prime-minister-david-cameron-forgets-his-new-best-friend'>Read More</a>]]>
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      <title>Democracy Crushed; Elected President Arrested; World Wrings its Hands</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:49:35 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ <em>Bernard Savage, Head of the EU Delegation to Sri Lanka and the Maldives said: “At this stage, given our information, we would not say that there has been any legal infringement of constitutional forms. We are not taking sides but, as the High Representative Cathy Ashton has made clear, what we</em> ...<br><br><a href='http://bigthink.com/As-I-Please/democracy-crushed-elected-president-arrested-world-wrings-its-hands'>Read More</a>]]>
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