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...By Friday, Indian news channels, many of which mostly take a nationalist and pro-Modi line, had moved on to other stories, including images of women cheering the prime minister in parliament after his government...
...Putin was likely warned and did nothing,” Michael Kofman, director of Russia studies at CNA, a US defence think-tank, wrote on Twitter....
...He has had a reputation for ruthlessness since a 1991 coup attempt by Soviet hardliners, when he led an army unit sent to quell pro-democracy protests....
...Russia’s military posture showed “they could initiate a conflict within a matter of weeks rather than months”, said Michael Kofman, a senior research scientist at CNA, a Washington-based think-tank....
...“I am not a big believer in fetishising dates,” says Michael Kofman, lead Russia analyst at the CNA think-tank. “But it is true that the Russian military needs to deliver some kind of success.”...
...(CNA, FT) Sarkozy verdict A verdict is expected in the trial of Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s former president, over accusations of influence-peddling and trying to bribe a judge....
...The new company would have pro forma sales of R$4.3bn based on 2012 financials and net profit of R$420m with a combined margin of 13.9 per cent....
...Bermuda-based Hardy Underwriting jumped by 35 per cent to 276¾p after agreeing to a 280p per share offer from US peer CNA Financial....
...it has taken on the $7bn in old liabilities from the Lloyd’s of London market, while more recently it has done deals to take on asbestos and environmental liabilities worth $3.5bn from AIG and $4bn from CNA...
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