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  Americas Briefing

  

  Issue 28

  How the world's diplomats joined together to get Americans behind a tougher environmental policy ahead of December's Copenhagen summit, Brazil's ambitious rail plans and how thee headcount is changing in North Dakota and…

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  Oceania Briefing

  

  Issue 31

  An Australian town with new-found pilgrim pulling power, French Polynesia the rebellion, Australian students get wily, and the next Guantánamo.

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  Affairs / Society

  Europe Briefing

  

  Issue 36

  The cars, planes and (bicycle) that Britain's new PM David Cameron uses to get around, plus the Turkish soap stars winning the hearts of neighbouring Bulgarians.

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  Affairs / Society

  Europe Briefing

  

  Issue 28

  How Greenland's prime minister gets around his icy territory and how the Swedes have found a way to grow vegetables vertically. Switzerland considers removing minarets and the power of a good hairstyle on Ukraine's Yulia…

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• Business / Society

  Business Briefing

  

  Issue 36

  Why computers are not happy in Taiwan, and Japan's biggest technology firms join up to create a nuclear power mega-corp.

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  Affairs / Society

  Oceania Briefing

  

  Issue 28

  Is Australia the new South Korea? Why the Polynesians want their own passport, Pacific islanders bail out of the atolls and how Aussie men rate as good partners.

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  Affairs / Society

  Over the horizon

  Issue 49

  Monocle’s editors, writers and correspondents look ahead to 2012 and beyond.

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  Affairs / Society

  Snow houses

  

  Issue 22

  Since 2007, the Colombian government has made over €50m from the sale of property confiscated from busted drug barons. And there are currently an estimated 1,200 buildings waiting to be sold. Plus a large collection of…

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• Edits / Society

  Expo 44: The Call of Berlin

  

  Issue 44

  At the height of socialist East Germany’s power, workers from Mozambique and Vietnam came to the GDR thanks to the political ideologies their countries shared. But when the Wall came down, they had to make the decision…

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  Design / Society

  Prime number

  

  Issue 37

  When nightclub mogul Marcos Campos wanted to create a more refined and relaxed venue, he asked architect Isay Weinfeld to help craft the perfect setting. With Numero, the pair have made an elegant lounge that is revoluti…

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  Affairs / Society

  Africa/Middle East Briefing

  

  Issue 30

  In a show of girl power, Egyptian women are fighting back against the bottom pinchers and gropers who plague the region: self-defence classes for women are becoming increasingly popular and karate classes especially so.

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  Affairs / Society

  State of despair

  

  Issue 10

  Life expectancy in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe is 34 for women and 37 for men. Inflation is out of control; food, water and fuel are in short supply and corruption is rife. Elections are planned for March, but no one thinks…

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