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• Affairs / Society

  Australia goes live

  

  Issue 51

  With a pivotal geographic location, a vibrant media culture uniting both Asian and European markets and a flourishing defence sector, Australia is in a prime position to become a new, fresh-faced regional power.

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  Asia Briefing

  

  Issue 38

  The donation scandal engulfing the Thai prime minister, and why tiger poachers have leopard in their sights.

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  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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  Business / Society

  Briefing

  

  Issue 27

  The afterlife of a battleship (make mine a megayacht please), why Nigeria’s best brains are heading home and South Korea’s peculiar porn problem

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  River God

  

  Issue 23

  Slovenian hero Martin Strel has swum solo the entire lengths of the Danube, Mississippi, Yangtze and Amazon, winning Guinness World Records for the first three. He’s become the chunky embodiment of Slovenia: plucky, brave…

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  Edits / Society

  The perfect fit

  

  Issue 35

  Big supermarkets are banned, independent businesses abound and there’s a human scale on the shop floor. All of this makes Paris Europe’s retail capital.

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  Affairs / Society

  Respect the elders

  

  Issue 58

  The Avengers be damned. The combined diplomatic super powers of 10 global leaders known as The Elders, formed by Nelson Mandela and led by chairman Desmond Tutu, are taking on the world’s most complex problems.

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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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  Briefing Europe

  Issue 5

  France's blogging love affair, plus a green oasis in Spain and our Q&A with the Mayor of Berlin.

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  Edits / Society

  Good buy to Berlin

  

  Issue 21

  While Berlin Mitte may have become a victim of its own popularity, stray off the well-trodden tourist route and you’ll find the charming back street of Gipsstrasse. Full of independent shops, ateliers, galleries and cafés…

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  Little Britain

  

  Issue 21

  For the first in a new series on outposts of opportunity we visit Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands, the British territory best known for sheep and its 1982 war with Argentina. Now oil and tourists are making this…

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  Asia Briefing

  

  Issue 28

  The rise of the banker-turned-politician in Japan and Asia's plans to grow bigger islands in places where it matters. China mulls over what to do with its internet addicts as detox houses fail and Delhi bans outdoor nupt…

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