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The current issue of the French financial marketsweekly contains a feature on investment clubs. The major article covers the geographical distribution of investment clubs, an overview of popular clubs, the contents of their portfolio, monthly contributions as well as registration and set up fees. In this year of credit crunch, only one club, earned a 30% increase in terms of return on investment and the shares of one club diminished by 11% in the course of this year.

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In the course of the last EU summit a new constitution was agreed upon and the issue of a president for the european union was finally resolved. These two dimensions finally make the European Union a force in international affairs. Provided the new president can justify the role of a president  in our troubled world.

With the vast amount of information at the disposal of researchers. The question as to why a project scheduled to be the showcase of democracy in the middle turned into an arena of violence and disintegration is what specialists will strive to answer in the future. Whatever might be the position of individual researchers on the current situation in Iraq, the second part of this predicament is now available in the form of the Dokan conversation and titled"repercussions of the war in Iraq, "that appeared in the IHT of 5-6 October 2007.

The author of this article affirmed that iraqi exiles scored very high points in the coalition against saddam hussein at the early stage of the war. But squandered the opportunity in face of the challenges of nation building by acting in sectarian ways and thus pushing their country down the road of civil strife. No doubt this is the second time  that this information is coming to the public, the first time, was the declarations of the new leaders when they visited France just after the end of the war. Because by listening to them, one understands that they put more emphasis on how to  revenge the atrocities suffered under the regime of saddam hussein than the basics of nation building.  Let us hope that they will learn their lessons.

The U.S was a major factor in the decolonisation of Africa and the impact of the U.S. might is visible in the constitution, political system and the private sector of many West African countries. Over the next few days, another dimension will be added to the influence of the United States in Africa, and in this case it will be in the form of the Africa military command. The details are yet to be released and some observers are saying that it will come with the selection of two or three military bases in Africa.

Source : the recent issue of Jeune Afrique Magazine