Politics
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Born to run
Hugo Chávez faces a new challenge from a charismatic opposition politician, Leopoldo López, who hopes to become mayor of Caracas. Can he bring peace to a city where 52 people are murdered every day?
Asia
Why Asia's capitals have that sinking feeling, the return of the Seoul hank, and why you shouldn't apply make-up on Tokyo's subway.
Africa/Middle East
A Kenyan town gets a presidential boost, and will Emiratis ever use Dubai's new metro?
Americas
The US embraces pedal power, New York takes to its rivers; plus a cultural haven in Colombia.
Africa/Middle East
Style tips from Libya's Great Style Leader and why watching TV in Lebanon can be fatal.
Body adrift
A former special assistant to Kofi Annan argues that the 60-year-old UN is no longer fit for purpose in our fragmented world. And Ban Ki-moon is not the man to revitalise it.
Spiegel eye
Monocle speaks with Klaus Brinkbäumer, a US correspondent for German weekly Der Spiegel, about covering the US presidential elections and his interviews with McCain, Clinton, and the Obamas.
Wave power
On O’ahu, a local independence movement has won back land claimed by the US in 1893. Now, many are calling for nothing less than Hawaii’s complete secession from US rule.
Wanted man
Former radio journalist Ahmed Abdisalam Adan has faced death threats and seen colleagues killed. Now, as Somalia’s deputy prime minister, he tells Monocle about life in a humanitarian disaster zone.
