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  Americas Briefing

  

  Issue 36

  The Brazilian elections and life after Lula

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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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  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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  Crossing the line

  

  Issue 19

  They might not make headlines, but there are numerous border disputes that could spark a crisis at any time (although we hope Canada and the US would avoid war over their quarrel regarding lobster-rich waters). Monocle…

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  Early warning

  

  Issue 9

  From making life a misery for passengers at airports to making war with their neighbours, Monocle takes a look at the organisations, countries and people who are destined to hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons in…

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  The verdict

  

  Issue 8

  On 6 November it will be six months since Nicolas Sarkozy was elected French President. We asked one of France’s most celebrated commentators to rate his performance both at home and abroad.

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  Oceania briefing

  Issue 62

  Australia scales down its military, French Polynesia has a big day ahead, and New Zealanders jump ship.

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  Oceania briefing

  

  Issue 17

  Australia tackles tax evasion on Vanuatu, New Zealand uses music to fight antisocial behaviour and the tiny state of Timor-Leste gets its own airline.

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  Africa/Middle East Briefing

  

  Issue 52

  A look at the wardrobe of South Sudan's president, plus election watch in Mali and solving Lebanon's power-shortage problems.

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  Europe Briefing

  

  Issue 34

  Relations between Poland and Russia thaw, the new get-out-of-jail card for pious prisoners in Georgia, plus Malta's version of the World Cup - for nations that don't exist.

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  So long, Serbia

  

  Issue 12

  On 17 February the Assembly of Kosovo declared independence and the war-torn state became free from Serbian rule. Monocle was there as the people hit the streets. Also, overleaf, Nader Mousafizadeh, former special assistant…

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  Defence Briefing

  

  Issue 57

  The downfall of Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi in late 2011 had unforeseen consequences: thousands of Tuareg fighters employed by Gaddafi returned to their native Mali, adding considerable steel to a separatist movement in the…

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