Christian Science Monitor
China slammed for arming Mugabe’s Zimbabwe
While a number of Western governments have criticized the arms shipment: ‘China is most conscious of African reactions,’ says Christopher Alden, an expert on Chinese-African relations at the London School of Economics. ‘This is a response to African governments' public criticism about potentially fuelling a crisis.’
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0423/p07s02-woaf.html

Guardian
The citadels of the global economy are yielding to China's battering ram
Article by Martin Jacques, visiting research fellow at the Asia research centre at LSE.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/23/imf.china

AKI
Italy: Government funds keep ailing airline afloat
Robert Leonardi from the London School of Economics and Political Science told Adnkronos International (AKI) he was pessimistic about the long-term outlook for the carrier. ‘The situation doesn't look good at all,’ Leonardi told AKI. ‘Air France was not just one of many, it was the only credible buyer. Since they have taken themselves out of the system, it doesn’t look good, it could be disastrous. An airline which has a month of revenues is not confidence-building.’
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Business/?id=1.0.2100070383

Financial Times
Personality drowns out policy in London race
Tony Travers, director of the greater London group at the London School of Economics, says the basic questions of trustworthiness and competence could be key to the election. 'In the polls, Mr Livingstone is continually seen as more competent. But when asked who is most trustworthy, Londoners put Mr Johnson ahead.'
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Daily Mail
Negative equity trap
Many buyers over the past year or so have banked on house price growth to help them pay off their mortgage. Now the day of reckoning is nigh. House prices fell by 2.5 pc in March according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, Halifax, and economists are predicting significant further falls this year. Morgan Stanley, Capital Economics and the London School of Economics have all suggested they could crash by 20 pc, but Halifax believes low, single-digit falls are more likely.
(Source: Lexis)

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Economic Times
Indian origin woman among UK's most powerful lawyers
The list of 100 most powerful lawyers, produced by The Times today, listed Shami Chakrabarti, director of the human rights organisation 'Liberty', at number 9. She is a governor at LSE.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Indian_origin_woman
_among_UKs_most_powerful_lawyers/articleshow/2971792.cms

News Shopper
Family fun in front of goggle box
In 2002, Dr Darrin Hodgetts from the London School of Economics suggested television was a potential ‘ritualistic meeting place’ and emphasised that men's psychological health in particular could benefit from such group activities.
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/youth/editors/display.var.2216305.0.family_fun_in_
front_of_goggle_box.php

Haaretz.com, Israel (16 April)
Private attorneys in the service of the state
Article written by Eran Yashiv. a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance of the London School of Economics.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/974889.html

News-Medical.net, Australia (8 April)
Smoking bans and taxes, do they work?
Dr Francesca Cornaglia, an economist, says smoking bans in bars and restaurants could be forcing smokers back to home.
http://www.news-medical.net/print_article.asp?id=37125

The Age, Australia
No smoking: the drawbacks
Tax hikes on cigarettes may not improve the health of smokers, because smokers compensate by extracting more nicotine from each cigarette, according to research by British economists Francesca Cornaglia and Jerome Adda.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/no-smoking-the-drawbacks/2008/04/08/
1207420390703.html

ABC online, Australia (7 April)
Cigarette price hike ‘leads to more intense smoking’
Francesca Cornaglia spoke at the Australian National University in Canberra to challenge several policies aimed at reducing the harm associated with smoking.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/08/2210477.htm?section=justin

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