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Afghanistan prepares for electoral run-off in November

Published on: 21 October 2009

Written by: Rukeyya Khan All articles by Rukeyya Khan

Afghanistan prepares ahead of expected run-off vote in November. Israel seeks to change international rules of war....

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PKK take steps to bolster Turkish reforms

Published on: 20 October 2009

Written by: Geraint Rees All articles by Geraint Rees

PKK members surrender to Turkey to back peace reforms. Roy Bennett trial threatens Zimbabwe unity government. Top...

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Interview with James Galbraith

Published on: 7 October 2009

James Galbraith talks about Paul Krugman's NYT article, "How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?", the academic...

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What will Obama do with Churchill's bust?

Published on: 20 January 2009

Written by: Srdjan Vucetic All articles by Srdjan Vucetic

Hussein Onyango Obama, the US president's Kenyan grandfather, endured torture in a British prison

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Harold Pinter - I salute you

Published on: 25 December 2008

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

Harold Pinter died on Christmas day. oD's founder reflects briefly on his own encounter with him and on his...

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This England, What England? (Gordon Brown and the denial of England)

Published on: 13 November 2008

Written by: Gareth Young All articles by Gareth Young

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The Next Left – Life After the Labour Party

Published on: 21 September 2008

Written by: Gerry Hassan All articles by Gerry Hassan

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Charter 88 conference, Oxford, July 4th-5th

Published on: 25 June 2008

Written by: ourKingdom editors All articles by ourKingdom editors

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1968: the global legacy

Published on: 13 June 2008

Written by: Fred Halliday All articles by Fred Halliday

"With the coming of the dawn, the promises of the night fade away". In politics, as in love, the old Spanish saying...

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Welcome to Charter 88's folk alphabet!

Published on: 29 January 2008

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Bye bye, Charter 88? Don't you believe it!

Published on: 29 November 2007

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Pakistan: prospects and perils

Published on: 21 November 2007

What's in store for Pakistan? Anatol Lieven forecasts. Listen now

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Corporate liability and social interest

Published on: 26 July 2007

Written by: Tony Curzon Price All articles by Tony Curzon Price

How does corporations' immunity from public damage relate to kite-surfing? Tony Curzon Price talks to two experts...

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Peacework: lessons we have failed to learn

Published on: 20 May 2007

Written by: Isabel Hilton All articles by Isabel Hilton

Isabel Hilton reports from Galway on the first international conference of the 2007 Nobel Women's Initiative: Women...

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Pakistan: The army as the state

Published on: 12 April 2007

Written by: Ehsan Masood All articles by Ehsan Masood

Pakistan’s economy and institutions are deeply penetrated by the country’s army, a new book and documentary film...

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Bangladesh's fraying democracy

Published on: 25 June 2006

Written by: Liz Philipson All articles by Liz Philipson

Bangladesh is increasingly torn: between economic progress and insecurity, law and impunity, Islamism and secular...

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The openDemocracy walk

Published on: 11 May 2006

Written by: David Hayes All articles by David Hayes

The Clerkenwell area of London, a place rich in history - religious, architectural, literary, political - was...

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Back to the future: the Danish cartoons, liberalism and global Islam

Published on: 12 April 2006

Written by: Faisal Devji All articles by Faisal Devji

Muslim protests over the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed marked the arrival of a force challenging liberal...

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Death in Kazakhstan

Published on: 22 February 2006

Written by: Joanna Lillis All articles by Joanna Lillis

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Kazakhstan's political landslide

Published on: 6 December 2005

Written by: Joanna Lillis All articles by Joanna Lillis

Why was a warlord allowed to sue a British journalist?

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