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World view - Michela Wrong sees sense in ex-politicians
- 20 June 2005
Listening to Robert McNamara these days, you have to wonder why politicians start to talk sense only when they can no longer make a difference
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World view - Lindsey Hilsum measures the cost of US aid
- 13 June 2005
Evangelical hardliners have gained such a stranglehold on US policy in the developing world that some aid projects are doing more harm than good
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World view - Bronwen Maddox calls time on Iran
- 06 June 2005
Iran has agreed to put its nuclear weapons plans on ice until August. But then what?
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World view - Lindsey Hilsum buys a dress that's too cheap
- 30 May 2005
My sparkly pumps and cotton dress were cheap and won't last, but they are part of a "Chinese tsunami" that is sweeping through world markets, writes Lindsay Hilsum
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World view - Michela Wrong learns a lesson about sleaze
- 23 May 2005
What we can learn from the curious story of the noisy party, the irate First Lady and the World Bank's top man in Kenya
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World view - Lindsey Hilsum wonders what Jack Straw does
- 16 May 2005
What does the British Foreign Secretary actually do? In Iran, Palestine, Africa and elsewhere, it is clear that he has remarkably little influence, writes Lindsey Hilsum
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World view - Lindsey Hilsum explains why history won't go away
- 02 May 2005
The age of instant news has shortened our attention span, and blinded us to the pressing historical concerns of much of the world
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World view - Michela Wrong sees Kenya running of the rails
- 25 April 2005
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Kenya is showing every sign of running off the rails over "governance" issues, which means corruption. But donor nations, Britain included, can't admit it
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World view - Lindsey Hilsum pities a post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
- 18 April 2005
Dictators always ensure that what follows their rule will be worse. After Mugabe dies, South Africa will have anarchy and warlordism on its border
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World view - Lindsey Hilsum predicts good times for Arab clerics
- 21 March 2005
Perhaps the Muslim world has to go through a new Islamist phase as the result of democratic change - whether Washington likes it or not
