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# DUMMY FRONTPAGE CODE FOR PREPPING
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dummy-frontpage-code-for-prepping/
- Published: 2009-03-16T10:03:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-17T11:41:48.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 19:57, #ImagesUploaded

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## [Silvio Berlusconi: the last battle](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/italy/silvio-berlusconi-the-last-battle-0)

[Geoff Andrews](https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Geoff%5FAndrews.jsp)  

Italy's showman-premier faces a struggle that will test his "postmodern populism" to the limit

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## [Barack Obama’s poisoned shirt](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/united-states/barack-obama-s-poisoned-shirt)

[Godfrey Hodgson](https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Godfrey%5FHodgson.jsp)  

A Nobel peace prize intended to encourage the US president may do him more harm than good

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## [The jihadist style-journey: Germany’s election and after](https://www.opendemocracy.net/node/48719)

[Mina Al-Lami](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/533008)  

An al-Qaida militant calls on Germany to leave Afghanistan. But why does he wear a suit and tie?

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## [Germany's shift to the right](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/germany/germanys-shift-to-the-right)

[Dennis Nottebaum](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/84583)  

Germany's federal elections bring about a fundamental alteration of its political landscape, argues Dennis Nottebaum

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## [Joined-up piping](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/economics/joined-up-piping)

[David B Roberts](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/515353)

A Qatar-Turkey-EU gas pipeline could become an important part of Europe’s and the Gulf’s energy infrastructure. The interdependence created by networks like these should be celebrated

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## [Republicans at work](https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/william%5Fdavies/republicans%5Fat%5Fwork)

[William Davies](https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/William%5FDavies.jsp)

It is commonly assumed that firms in society sit in a political vacuum, but a positive departure from the shareholder value-oriented model of the firm is well overdue

## [Ergenekon: power and democracy in Turkey](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/ergenekon-power-and-democracy-in-turkey-0)

[Bill Park](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/514634)

The legal contest over an ultra-nationalist conspiracy in Turkey is about politics rather than justice

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## [China’s shadow sector: power in pieces](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/china-s-shadow-sector-power-in-pieces)

[Kerry Brown](https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Kerry%5FBrown.jsp)  

Much of China is run by local gangs pursuing their private interest. This is the party's key test

## [Afghanistan’s election: a first verdict](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/afghanistan-s-election-a-first-verdict)

[Martine van Bijlert](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/531284)  
[Alex Strick van Linschoten](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/531286)  

It was never going to be easy. But was it free and fair, or fixed?

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## [Report on World 87](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/report-on-world-87)

[External Relations Authority](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/531124)  

A neighbour's concern is the basis of a new document

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## [Europe, Russia, America: the world-changing tide](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/europe-russia-america-the-world-changing-tide)

[Rein Müllerson](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/515395)  

An open letter to President Obama is caught in nostalgia and fails to address emerging global realities

## [South Africa’s unequal prospect](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/south-africa-s-unequal-prospect)

[Tom Burgis](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/501169)  

The gap between South Africans’ life-chances undermines their dream of an inclusive future

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## [Egypt: the blinkers of expertise](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/egypt-the-blindness-of-expertise)

[Tarek Osman](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/501263)  

The tendency of foreign observers to reduce complex Egyptian reality to formulaic description misses some of its complex and dynamic elements

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## [**Down Under diary: Is it time for Social Democracy?**](https://www.opendemocracy.net/STORY%20URL)

[Tom Nairn](https://www.opendemocracy.net/AUTHOR%20URL)  

The Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd claims that a revived social democracy is the only terrain on which the "great financial crisis" can be fought and overcome. The debate this has provoked down under is much more widely relevant to the current international search for a politics beyond neo-liberalism

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## [Down Under diary: is it time for Social Democracy?](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/email/down-under-diary-is-it-time-for-social-democracy)

[Tom Nairn](https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Tom%5FNairn.jspL)  

The Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd claims that a revived social democracy is the only terrain on which the "great financial crisis" can be fought and overcome. The debate this has provoked down under is much more widely relevant to the current international search for a politics beyond neo-liberalism

## [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: a political shadow](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-a-political-shadow)

[Hossein Bastani](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/528027)  

The most dangerous enemies of Iran's hardline president are on his own side of the spectrum

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## [The judicial system in Mexico (part 1)](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/the-judicial-system-in-mexico)

[Kathleen Blake Bohne](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/508573)  
[Nancy J. Blake](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/531413)  

A three-part series describing the context, hope and progress for Mexico's judicial reforms

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## [Barack Obama’s hundred days](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/email/barack-obama-s-hundred-days)

[Godfrey Hodgson](https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Godfrey%5FHodgson.jspL)  

The United States president reaches a landmark in office with the achievements of his first term already in the b

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## [Russia's beleaguered anti-fascists](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/russias-beleaguered-anti-fascists)

[Vlad Tupikin](https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Vlad%5FTupikin.jspL)  

Is the law taking sides?

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## [Iran’s unfinished crisis](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/iran-s-unfinished-crisis)

[Nazenin Ansari](https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Nazenin%5FAnsari.jspL)  

The post-election political contest over the future of Iran is approaching a climax

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## [Down Under diary: is it time for Social Democracy?](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/email/down-under-diary-is-it-time-for-social-democracy)

[Tom Nairn](https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Tom%5FNairn.jspL)  

The Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd claims that a revived social democracy is the only terrain on which the "great financial crisis" can be fought and overcome. The debate this has provoked down under is much more widely relevant to the current international search for a politics beyond neo-liberalism

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## [Barack Obama’s hundred days](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/email/barack-obama-s-hundred-days)

[Godfrey Hodgson](https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Godfrey%5FHodgson.jspL)  

The United States president reaches a landmark in office with the achievements of his first term already in the b

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## [The future of democracy (-support)](https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/idea/the-future-of-democracy-support)

[Vidar Helgesen](https://www.opendemocracy.net/user/518070)  

The global landscape of democracy is changing. How can it best be practiced and assisted?

## [Why the crisis of business is only beginning](https://www.opendemocracy.net/http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/why-the-crisis-of-business-is-only-beginning)

[Mark Lee Hunter](https://www.opendemocracy.net/http://www.opendemocracy.net/user/531408)

The economic crisis will change the attitude of the middle classes towards government and business long-term. The corporate world needs to rediscover good behaviour for its own good
  
  
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## [AfPak: the unwinnable war](http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/afghanistan/afpak-the-unwinnable-war)

[Paul Rogers](http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Paul%5FRogers.jsp)

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