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Best of 2007The writer and Saqi publisher died on 17 February 2007. Her last article - on Beirut - is here. Plus: memory trio, and life journey
Zimbabwe's president turns 84 with a lavish party in his starving country. Wilf Mbanga, former friend turned exiled editor of "The Zimbabwean", writes to him (archive)
The
scale of global debt reflects a broken financial system
Pakistan's arc of protest leaves its most historic and political city unmoved
An age of media collusion and deceit needs
Walter Lippmann's voice
The human costs and confusions of online identity
Al Gore's award is a distraction. The real
debate is about ourselves
Why is evidence-based, reason-fuelled research the subject of a great refusal?
Wars end, terrorism fades, groups die. Here's how the cycle begun on 9/11 can close
The troubled relationship between the European Union and Russia involves a fundamental clash of visions
China, Iran, Spain - and Islam - are arriving in Latin America as the US pays for its Iraq folly
The great director was at the heart of Sweden's cultural life for sixty years, but it was a conflictual as well as intimate bond
China's purchase of a stake in Barclays bank signals a new phase in its global economic strategy
Two worlds collide in a London taxi. Bissane El-Cheikh was one
Is there a connection between the study of science and a readiness to commit terrorist acts?
A story of media fakery has lessons for China's people and political elite alike
openDemocracy is proof of the value and influence of serious global journalism on the web
“Mosques have never been so full, nor hearts so empty”. In war’s painful aftermath, Algerians are seeking new accommodations between religion and politics
The net embodies the information society long imagined by knowledge elites in east and west, so why is utopia no closer?
A transformation project that moves beyond racial categories can become the vehicle of a deeper liberation
Pakistan’s politicians are fomenting outrage over Salman Rushdie’s honour. How deep does it go?
Two controlled communities symbolise the disorder and polarisation of the era of war on terror
The late American philosopher championed democratic dialogue in an era of global diversity.
Palestinians' modern experience is defined by exile, remembrance and longing. How can the past give meaning to the present?
Aid made the G8 headlines, but it is a sideshow alongside the real-world anti-poverty measures people in Africa need
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