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  Isolated case

  

  Issue 33

  Having fought with most of its neighbours, Eritrea has few friends. And offers of help from the West are turned away as the president believes aid does more harm than good. But meanwhile people starve and flee abroad.

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  The liveable cities index 2011

  

  Issue 45

  For our Quality-of-Life issue, Monocle has been busy researching the world’s top cities. And with a re-jig of the way each urban centre is assessed, this year’s top 25 promises some surprises.

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  Americas briefing

  

  Issue 21

  Monocle's view from Washington column discovers White House technology is far from trailblazing. Plus, a crack-down on cattle rustling in Brazil, eco wrangles in El Salvador, and urban chicken farming.

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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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  Oceania Briefing

  

  Issue 52

  The foreign land ownership debate in New Zealand, Cuba's bid to send doctors Oceania-way and Tonga finally gets connected to the rest of the world.

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  Affairs / Society

  Europe Briefing

  

  Issue 47

  The view from London after the recent riots, plus why Portugal wants more pensioners, and Switzerland's impending election.

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  Briefing

  

  Issue 27

  The Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov and his nightclub-bouncer style, why the French are busy making babies and the Italians are busy doing nothing.

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  Affairs / Society

  Together again

  

  Issue 41

  In the first of a new series examining the possible turn of events in future scenarios, Monocle looks at how the reunification of North and South Korea might unfold.

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  What next

  Issue 29

  We asked 25 leading thinkers, authors, taxi drivers and monarchs to look at the world just over the horizon. From the joys of national dress to the need for a new religion, this is what they saw.

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  Affairs / Society

  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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  Asia Briefing

  

  Issue 53

  China's Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan are put on the Style Leader spot, work has begun on a new airport near Beijing that will become the world's largest, and India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh has a new leader after…

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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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