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This study examines in the context of an open economy framework the relative significance of domestic and foreign shocks as sources of macroeconomic fluctuations in a small developing oil-exporting economy, the Sultanate of Oman. The empirical methodology we employ to identify o…

This study addressed the environmental pollution in all the environmental elements (water, soil and air) in the largest city and the capital of Iraq (Baghdad). Twenty samples from Tigris River were collected within the borders of Baghdad and analyzed for elemental concentrations…

This study analyzed the 2010/2011 Jos crisis over a four month period – December 2010 to March 2011. It focused on the online coverage of the crisis by Punch, Guardian and Thisday newspapers considering various aspects of news framing. Three hundred news reports were randomly se…

This study uses a quantitative content analysis to determine the framing used by U.S. mainstream newspapers in media coverage of the 2011 Egyptian protests. The study examined 153 stories from The New York Times and The Washington Post. The study focuses on how sources framed th…