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Banning Khat

Hugh Barnes — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:24:21 GMT

An overdue reform of drugs policy or another draconian attack on our civil liberties? Hugh Barnes reflects on the Tory proposal

Dog beneath the skin

Hugh Barnes — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:12 GMT

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

The war the west forgot

Hugh Barnes — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT

One Soldier's War in Chechnya Arkady Babchenko Portobello Books, 405pp, �16.99

Red in tooth and claw

Hugh Barnes — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT

The President's Last Love Andrey Kurkov Harvill Secker, 400pp, �12.99

More than a mouthful

Hugh Barnes — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT

The Khat Controversy: Stimulating the Debate on Drugs David Anderson, Susan Beckerleg, Degol Hailu and Axel Klein Berg, 256pp, �55

Family fortunes

Hugh Barnes — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Notes from an Exhibition Patrick Gale Fourth Estate, 384pp, �14.99 ISBN 0007254652

Kazakhstan's feuding first family

Hugh Barnes — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT

When the president of an oil-rich former Soviet republic where the ruling family runs everything falls out with his son-in-law it can have huge repercussions.

For the love of Lenin

Hugh Barnes — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Young Stalin Simon Sebag Montefiore Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 397pp, �25 ISBN 0297850687

A vision of the future

Hugh Barnes — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMT

China's multimillion-dollar port scheme in Baluchistan gives it a foothold in the Middle East that is making India and Iran nervous. If a naval base follows, the US may well begin to share their concern.

NS Special Report - Only spies can stop the chaos

Hugh Barnes — Mon, 08 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Pakistan's intelligence service used to sponsor the Islamists. Now it is trying to prevent them taking over the country.