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Brisbane under water

Rain, hail and toxic sludge – this Briton picked a bad time to move to to Queensland.

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Night of the junta

Despite a sham election, Aung San Suu Kyi’s imminent release offers hope to Burma.

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Dear Leader’s big moment for détente?

Negotiating with North Korea was never simple — but as threats of confrontation with the South ease, this may be the time for the world to push for an end to the last cold war nuclear stand-off.

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African al-Qaeda

The murderous mission of the Somali rebel group al-Shabaab.

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Why you shouldn't write Sarah Palin off

The rise of Rick Warren and the mega-church Bible Belt has boosted Palin's presidential ambitions.

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Children of Abraham v sons of Ibrahim

On a visit to human rights groups in Israel and the West Bank, Sigrid Rausing senses a growing tension between the secular right and the liberal left, and struggles to accept the disparities between Jewish, Palestinian and refugee lives.

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Reap what you sew

Palestinian campaigners in Lebanon have discovered a new way to protest – by breaking world records.

The decline of Israel’s left

Nearly 30 years ago, 400,000 Israelis marched in protest over the injustices of the 1982 war in Lebanon. Where are today’s progressives?

Crash and burn

Greece is engulfed in crisis – and its battles have only just begun.

In northern Iraq, Kurds warn: “Beware the Arabs”

Sunni Arab Muslim politicians are using elections to push for renewed control over Kurdish-majority, oil-rich frontier lands, raising tensions with other groups.