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The US's 1920s crash and Japan's 1980s bubble should haunt today’s G8 leaders
The tensions of a febrile polity are intensified by Russia's desire to be "big brother". Plus: Nikolaj Nielsen on a small bomb in Gali
What the United States and Israel do in the next four months will shape the middle east's future for four years and more
The release of Ingrid Betancourt is a stunning blow to her captors - and a lesson to her liberators
A rising generation will take Muslims' post-7/7 intellectual ferment forward, testing institutions
The bombs of 7 July 2005 wounded London. Our first response warned of damage to democracy too (archive) 2008's economic turmoil must not be an excuse to ignore world poverty. That requires a new story
A Conservative politician's campaign for civil liberties offers democrats a historic opportunity Cross-straits flights mark a new phase in a tense relationship (archive)
A series of votes on regional autonomy tests Bolivians' capacity to live together
A porous border in Russia's deep south becomes a channel of war and torture
A "citizen media" summit highlights the potential and danger of activist blogging under dictatorship
The death of a co-founder and the freeing of hostages mean crisis for the FARC movement (archive)
Drought, thirst, and land-hunger...a parched earth equals global environmental danger
The formation of a new government offers modest hope of progress in the path to Europe
Robert Mugabe’s coronation is the time to start preparing in detail for the aftermath of his regime
The Mugabe's regime's violations have created a tipping-point. Now the hard questions start
The Tiananmen protests of 1989 and the turbulent activism of 2008 share hidden connections
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50.50Podcast: Women and Memory, a report from Egypt In the blog: Positive Anger, Zainab Magdy Elections Most discussed articles...
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