03 March 2008

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Cover story

Gas & gangsters

Gas & gangsters

Energy is the key to Europe's new relationship with Russia - and supposedly Moscow's weapon of choice in its plan for European domination. Yet this new Cold War is not inevitable

Features

Why I left Hizb ut-Tahrir

Why I left Hizb ut-Tahrir

For almost ten years Umm Mustafa affiliated herself with the controversial Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir. Last year, she quit. This is her story

Leaders of the rebellion

Leaders of the rebellion

Three unorthodox Africans know how to cast a spell over their audience

Interview

Animal rights, human wrongs

Animal rights, human wrongs

As he takes up his new role at the Food Standards Agency, Colin Blakemore talks about animal rights, research and "pseudo-Buddhism" plus check out our debate on this controversial issue

Regulars

Class war in the House

Class war in the House

The Michael Martin affair has exposed a raw tribalism that still separates the two major parties

The whispers

The Wapping Wallet and Comrade Dave - all the gossip from the Westminster Village

Head to the beaches No 4016

Set by J SeeryWe asked you for Sun/Mail-type rants on the outrageous regulations Europe is about to impose on Britain - eg, a tax on people who do not sell the undersides of their toilet seats as advertising space, a ruling that all children should have names appropriate to either gender, a requirement that all scissors must have blades of two different metals . . . the more ludicrous, the better

Culture

Favela fabulous

Favela fabulous

The dynamic cultural movement AfroReggae is restoring a sense of pride to communities torn apart by Rio de Janeiro's bloody urban conflict.

Hollywood reborn

Hollywood reborn

This year's Oscars signal a remarkable cultural renaissance for America in the twilight of the Bush era, writes the NS film critic, Ryan Gilbey

The buck stops here

The buck stops here

Hollywood money is turning indie film into a bankable but clichéd affair

An old story behind every door

An old story behind every door

Sue Bourne's documentary turns her neighbours into tired stereotypes

Uneasy listening

6 Music wants to attract more women, but laddish braying won't do it

Books

Cities of dreams

Cities of dreams

Fifty per cent of the world's population now lives in cities. By 2050 it will be 75 per cent, so considering the urban future is important. We need more than platitudes

Benazir's tragic failure

Benazir's tragic failure

Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West Benazir Bhutto Simon & Schuster, 336pp, £17.99

Tangled up in blue

Tangled up in blue

Fugitive Denim: a Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade Rachel Louise Snyder W W Norton, 329pp, £15.99

Ancient and modern

Ancient and modern

Empire of the Mind: a History of Iran Michael Axworthy C Hurst & Co, 256pp, £20

Sobering thoughts

Sobering thoughts

Cleaning Up: How I Gave Up Drinking and Lived Tania Glyde Serpent's Tail, 241pp, £10.99

Dog beneath the skin

Dog beneath the skin

The Sacred Book of the Werewolf Victor Pelevin. Translated by Andrew Bromfield Faber & Faber, 333pp, £12.99

A winning hand

A winning hand

The Game of Cards Adolf Schröder Pushkin Press, 210pp, £8.99

On the road

On the road

Child of All Nations Irmgard Keun Penguin Classics, 208pp, £14.99

Hidden depths

Hidden depths

The Seventh Well Fred Wander Granta Books, 192pp, £12.99

In search of an author

In search of an author

Night Train to Lisbon Pascal Mercier Atlantic Books, 436pp, £12.99

Observations

Next year's drug

Next year's drug

Observations on addiction

The peculiar solution

Observations on Cyprus

Spare pairs of genes

Spare pairs of genes

Observations on DNA

A price on their head

A price on their head

Observations on free speech

Moodometer

We test the temperature of the nation this week

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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