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  Issue 63

  We turn the spotlight on the flight route from London to Baghdad, the ambitions of Nairobi's new senator, and the latest from Bamako.

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  Oceania briefing

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  Plans for lunar heritage sites and a cure for the blues from Australia.

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  Civic slickers

  

  Issue 35

  The right mayor can reinvent and rejuvenate a city, boosting infrastructure, speeding integration and fostering the arts. For our cities special, we profile 10 of the freshest movers and shakers in urban politics worldwide…

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  Americas Briefing

  

  Issue 42

  Style leader Raúl Castro, South American coffee consumption and London-based US politicians.

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  A man of the people

  

  Issue 35

  Minneapolis mayor RT Rybak has a unique brand of governing. Reelected to his third term last year, he’s marketing the city’s tap water, pushing farm-to-plate food initiatives and is a believer in people doing their civic…

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  Oceania Briefing

  

  Issue 40

  The king of Tonga is our dapper Style Leader, Australia is a wise old goat, and New Zealand strips its prisoners of the right to vote and smoke.

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  Europe briefing

  

  Issue 26

  The new leaders tasked with saving Eastern Europe from economic doom, the Swedish town that's delighted it's being dumped on, and why French holidaymakers might want to take out more travel insurance.

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  Briefing Africa/Middle East

  

  Issue 23

  How Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, gets around in Me and My Motorcade, plus why Hezbollah loves a good DVD night in and a spotlight on the forthcoming Lebanese election.

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  Still fighting

  

  Issue 40

  The former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency has refused to sink quietly into retirement and is battling to bring democracy to his home country of Egypt.

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  Infamous five

  Issue 19

  For every politician who thinks before speaking, there are more who charge ahead regardless. And for every firm that embarks on intelligent design or innovative commerce, there are numerous others littering landscapes with…

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  War on truth

  

  Issue 17

  During the conflict in South Ossetia, western media were given free access by the Georgian government, while on the Russian side, foreign journalists were being either arrested or herded around by the military. In both…

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  Asia Briefing

  

  Issue 48

  Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari and his highly armoured motorcade, green cities in Japan, and an interview with India's chief economic adviser.

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