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Frontrunning: April 21

  • World stocks gain along with oil, clock ticks down to ECB (Reuters)
  • Draghi Expected to Defend ECB in Face of German Criticism (WSJ)
  • Trump, Cruz, Kasich seek to win over Republican leaders at party meeting (Reuters)
  • Donald Trump Plans to Adopt More-Traditional Campaign Tactics (WSJ)
  • Japan, Not Germany, Leads World in Negative-Yield Bonds (BBG)
  • Obama starts talks with Gulf leaders aimed at easing strains (Reuters)
  • Soros: China Looks Like the US Before the Crisis (BBG)

Britain’s New Libya Plan Shrouded in Secrecy

British prime minister David Cameron has come under renewed pressure to reveal details of possible UK military action in Libya after it emerged that a number of British special forces troops had already been operating in the country since January. EU ministers are holding a special meeting on Monday evening to discuss sending police and border forces to the North African country. The British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond also paid an apparent unannounced visit to Tripoli in a show of support for the country’s new UN-backed government.

A Million People Forced To Break The Law In UK To Stay Healthy

It is estimated that around one million people across the UK are breaking the law by using cannabis for medicinal reasons. Many of those people are suffering chronic and painful conditions and the currently available medicines don’t always work for them, whereas cannabis does. They are also faced with a terrible dilemma -should they continue to suffer or risk of breaking the law? Campaigners and British MP’s are stepping up the call for the legalisation of medical marijuana.

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