I'm not going to slow down, stop, sit back and force my grandchildren to go to war.

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Whether or not governments in Africa or elsewhere manage to prod or force Mauritania back towards electoral democracy, its army looks likely to go on running the show, in civilian garb or behind the scenes.

ECONOMIST: Mauritania

Meanwhile, members of Mr Obama's cabinet have warned that allowing the cuts to go through would force them to scale back on public services.

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Addlestone says members of the gay community had urged Matlovich to go back to the air force, so this was a tough choice to make.

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Were they to find, in two years or so, that the West was trying to force Kosovo to stay inside a new federation with Serbia, some of them at least might go back to war.

ECONOMIST: Kosovo

Nationwide, labour-force growth has been held back as workers give up the job hunt, go back to school, retire or go on disability.

ECONOMIST: The economy