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Robert Mugabe
The man behind the fist


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◆United States
The president and Congress
The war comes to Washington
Guantｨ｢namo
Justice shackled
Transport in Chicago
Gridlock on the lake
Teachers in Missouri
Classroom discipline
The war on shopping bags
Plastics of evil
Immigration in California
Escape from LA
Lexington
The frowning clown



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◆The Americas
Canada
Au revoir separatism, bonjour ｡ｰautonomy｡ｱ
Chile
Bachelet tries again
Guatemala
Before the sunrise
Education in Peru
When teacher is a dunce



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◆Asia
Vietnam
Plenty to smile about
Asia's economies
Once bitten
China's dairy industry
Getting creamed
Australian politics
The Hicks effect
Nepal
Broken peaces
Sri Lanka
Flying Tigers
Pollution in Hong Kong
The big wheeze
Japan
The market that can say no



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◆Middle East & Africa
Iran versus the West
Hostages to fortune
Israel and the Palestinians
A diplomatic minuet
Iraq
An ambassador takes his leave
Egypt
Reform to preserve
African urbanisation
Cities without limits
Congo
A deadly warning



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◆Europe
France's presidential election
Four-way fight
Socialist women in Europe
Ladies with punch
Romania's government
About turn
Italian foreign policy
Hanging in there
Turkish politics
Erdogan's dilemma
Germany and its Muslims
Soft on suffering
Charlemagne
Two cheers for apathy



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◆Britain
Northern Ireland
The impossible becomes reality
Homebuilding
Builders on the block
The Home Office
Toughing out a rethink
The casino vote
An unexpected spin of the wheel
Bagehot
David Cameron scents a change in the wind

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◆International
NATO, Europe and missile defences
A few interceptors, a big gap
The murder of Bob Woolmer
Long shadows
Disasters and telecoms
Telecommandos



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Reaching for a renaissance
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Sources & acknowledgments
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◆Business
India's acquisitive companies
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All mouth and no trousers
Russian oil
Yuk
Porsche and Volkswagen
From David to Goliath
Business in Austria
Not so welcome in Vienna
Alternative energy
Headwinds
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At your service
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Face value
Fit for purpose



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Antarctic science
To coldly go
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The last wilderness



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The vultures take wing
Buttonwood
Buddy, just hand over that dime
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Downwonder
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Untangling Europe's wires
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Retire to be rehired
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Silent orchestration
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Evolution
Hidden from view
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Zeroing in
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No need to shout
Genetic chimerism
Funky monkeys
Semi-identical twins
Double trouble


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Robert Taylo

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