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Published in: openSecurityMitchell called in after bloody weekend in the West Bank
U.S. envoy dispatched following settlement row and escalating violence in the West Bank. Tight race as Iraqis await...
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Published in: 50.50Women seeking asylum: shame and isolation
“I'd prefer, rather than going to a detention centre ... to be in prison for the rest of my life,” said Cecilia....
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Published in: Shine A LightHas Meg Hillier gone mad?
The Home Office minister is in la la land over child detention.
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Published in: openSecurityTaliban break off closet negotiations after Pakistani crackdown
The former UN envoy to Afghanistan criticises Pakistan’s arrest of senior Taliban figures, saying this has put talks...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBook review: Empowering who: the Prime Minister or the People?
A constitution for the UK may be emerging, typically in the form of an official manual. But what if “We the people”...
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Published in: openSecurityOnce again, the Iraqi compass points north
The votes are in and the Iraqi coalitions have entered a complex process of deal making and realignment. Little can...
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Published in: openSecurityForgotten lessons: Palestine and the British empire
While the conflict that is the legacy of British involvement in Palestine daily captures world headlines, Britain's...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHang 'em - in this week's New Statesman
The UK's leading left-wing weekly runs a major essay calling for a realignment from below
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy I'm standing to be an e-democracy MP
My name is Denny de la Haye, and I'm running for Parliament in Hackney South and Shoreditch. My manifesto is a...
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Published in: openSecurityA media eclipse: Israel-Palestine and the world's forgotten conflicts
Global coverage of world conflicts pales into insignificance when compared with reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian...
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Published in: openSecurity'Red Shirts' continue symbolic blood protest in Bangkok
‘Red Shirts’ continue symbolic blood protest in Bangkok. Israel lifts West Bank closure. North Korea has 1,000...
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Published in: openSecurityIllegal and ineffective? Drone strikes and targetted killing in 'the war on terror'
The use of drone strikes in Pakistan and around the world has been attacked as counterproductive and ineffective but...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWIN AN ARUNDHATI ROY T-SHIRT IN OUR MARCH COMPETITION
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Published in: 50.50Cry of a migrant
"I may able to give my children whatever they may need and ask for but the sacrifices in exchange of all these is...
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Published in: 50.50Can migration work for Britain? Not like this
Government policy of 'managed migration' has backfired and produced public mistrust related to a vicious circle, of...