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  Europe briefing

  

  Issue 17

  Four young countries hold autumn elections, Finland's celebrity priests cause consternation, and Italy's drivers have a death wish.

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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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  The ritt parade

  

  Issue 5

  She was once forced out of government for living it up at the Ritz. Now, as mayor of Copenhagen, Ritt Bjerregaard wants everyone to enjoy the good life. She’s busy pioneering ‘Copenhagenism’, an attempt to promote sustai…

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  Oceania Briefing

  

  Issue 51

  Eurozone citizens head to Australia, schools get tough on pupils in Micronesia, and the authorities investigate dolphin smuggling in the Solomon Islands.

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  Africa/Middle East briefing

  

  Issue 15

  A Kenyan town gets a presidential boost, and will Emiratis ever use Dubai's new metro?

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  Americas Briefing

  

  Issue 57

  The view from the campaign trail, the sartorial style of Uruguay's president, plus Brazilian coffee, Chilean traffic and Canadian education.

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  Africa/Middle East briefing

  

  Issue 11

  West Africa wants its money back from France, the UAE's "Poetry Idol" and Japan's aid to Africa.

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  Defence Briefing

  

  Issue 44

  How Hungarian troops are adapting to Afghanistan and who is buying which weapons from whom.

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  Not for hire

  

  Issue 7

  Alaska’s youngest governor, Sarah Palin, is taking US politics by storm. Her anti-corruption drives have found astonishing success – her approval rating is at 90 per cent. Now Rudy Giuliani is rumoured to want her as his…

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  First lady

  

  Issue 26

  Bahraini Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo has broken the diplomatic mould by being a young Jewish woman representing an Arab country abroad. With her island nation’s proximity to Iran, relations with that country occupy much of her…

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  Americas Briefing

  Issue 40

  South America's revamped union, efforts to get Ronald Reagan recognised, and the new goldrush in Peru.

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  Shifting sands

  

  Issue 16

  When Turkmenistan’s President Niyazov died in 2006, it was the end of an eccentric personality cult. His successor promised to open the state up but today the gas-rich nation is still an enigma. Foreign journalists are…

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