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Europe briefing— Global
Preface
We take a look at Silivo Berlusconi's motorcade, and some surprising differences between the Finns and the Swedes.
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Europe briefing
Issue 10
For the past three years, people travelling on the E4 motorway from Helsingborg to Haparanda have been following the construction of Dragon Gate with wonder. Why on earth would someone build a Chinese cultural centre and…
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Europe Briefing
Issue 44
An ethnic minority debacle in Poland, election watch Portugal and a banknote overhaul in Sweden.
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Americas briefing
Issue 20
Our new column from Washington on President Obama's administration, plus baseball-mania in Nicaragua and the Dane who is making NYC more cycle-friendly.
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Eye on the prize
Issue 44
A strengthening economy and new confidence have made Turkey a diplomatic rising star. And as the revolts play out across the Middle East, everyone is paying court and wanting the ear of the country’s ambitious foreign…
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Asia briefing
Issue 58
We look at motorcade of Indonesia president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and report on an ancient Punjabi sport that's gone global.
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Oceania Briefing
Issue 36
Kiwi PM John Key gets foot-in-mouth disease and Fiji puts up a fight against Rupert Murdoch
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Man in the middle
Issue 11
It’s been a bad start to the year for Afghanistan. As reports claim it is heading for failed-state status, the Taliban continues to defy US and Nato-led troops. President Karzai is increasingly frustrated with US and Bri…
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Diplomacy Briefing
Issue 54
We meet Argentina's man in Paris and bring you a round-up of happenings in the world of diplomacy.
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Diplomacy Briefing
Issue 57
We meet Timor-Leste's man in Australia and bring you more dispatches from the diplomatic world.
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Africa/Middle East Briefing
Issue 32
Why leopard skins and white trainers are de rigueur for South African president Jacob Zuma, and the first stirrings of a spa revolution in Saudi Arabia.
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Body adrift
Issue 14
Is it time to pull down the shutters on the UN? In a highly personal commentary on the strife at the United Nations, a former special assistant to Kofi Annan says the 60-year-old institution is no longer fit to solve the…
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Not for hire
Issue 7
Alaska’s youngest governor, Sarah Palin, is taking US politics by storm. Her anti-corruption drives have found astonishing success – her approval rating is at 90 per cent. Now Rudy Giuliani is rumoured to want her as his…