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In October 2010, a cholera outbreak started in Haiti. Until now, it has claimed almost 9000 lives in a country where no cases of the disease had been recorded for 150 years. Despite efforts to contain it, the epidemic still kills about 1000 people per year. Three years later, earlier this month, a…

Zusammenfassung Der globale Kontext ist durch eine zunehmende Zahl aufstrebender Volkswirtschaften und Staaten gekennzeichnet. Gleichzeitig ist eine signifikante Zahl von Staaten von Staatszerfall, Gewalt und Konflikten bedroht. Die Bedeutung dieser fragilen Staaten als Herausforderung und…

Berlin didn't mince words: A "taboo" has been broken and "a crime against civilization" has been committed. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle used the strongest possible terms to denounce the large-scale use of chemical weapons in Syria. Merkel's spokesperson…