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For one-party rule, the city-state has few peers, writes Eric Ellis. IN THE fomenting debate over Singapore Inc's bid to buy a most vital pillar of Australia's economic architecture, there's something deliciously apt that the decisive call on the Australian Stock Exchange will probably be made by Canberra's independent members... 

Leave it to tiny Singapore to tell us where the global economy is heading. We used to look to the gargantuan US economy for guidance on financial trends. After Wall Street’s collapse, we turned to the G-20. More insight might be gleaned looking at an island nation with five million people. The idea that a place with no natural... 

From Sweden in the north to Italy in the south, far right politicians -- with anti immigration platforms -- have fared well in recent elections across Europe. Many of them campaigned against what they call the "Islamization" of Europe. As tensions rise across the continent, many analysts point to the economic crisis as the cause...