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• How Many Europeans Believe in God? (Map)

  Sun Jul 8, 2007
  • A question: is this map based on official statistics (say, number of people baptized) or on people being asked whether they believe in god or not.

• The case for turning crops into fuel

  Mon Jul 9, 2007
  • Good seed! I especially agree with the last paragraph, that for bio-fuels to bring economic advantage to the poorer parts of the world, trade barriers and subsidies (in the US and the EU) should be abandoned.

• spiked | EU better watch out

  Mon Jun 25, 2007
  • I especially agree with the following:

• Protest in China. Mobilised by mobile

  Thu Jun 21, 2007
  • Another example of how relatively cheap communication based on easy to access technology plays an important role.

• Five suspects in bashing death arrested in Antwerp

  Tue Jun 27, 2006
  • I wanted to add that the sixth is arrested as well (though the term "arrested" isn't used when talking of the three minors among them), but I see the article at expatica.com has already been updated. -T-

• Belgium To Tag All Children Under 12

  Mon Jun 26, 2006
  • Two additional notes to this: One, the card is not mandatory. Kids in Belgium can already get a children's ID card (a non-electronic one) which is primarily aimed at finding kids that got lost.

• Google tests a killer marketing tool

  Thu Jun 22, 2006
  • They are an advertising company just as your (free) local paper is. No advertising would mean no money (or do you pay to search the internet?). There search is important, since that is what gets people to their site. But they make money by placing advertisements.

• WTO: Time to Deal

  Thu Jun 22, 2006
  • Just wanted to add the EU commissions statement from yesterday that it plans/wants to abolish subsidies to wine makers. But will France (and Spain and Italy) will accept that... Read it at the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5107400.stm

• China or India?

  Thu May 11, 2006
  • While I am not going to make predictions, I think China is playing a risky game. It has shown that Europe and the US are vulnerable because they can not produce goods as cheaply as China can.