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Change we can’t believe in

Change we can’t believe in

Barack Obama promised a sharp break from the Bush era, yet he seems to have stepped into the shoes of his disgraced predecessor. As the anniversary of his election approaches, Mehdi Hasan investigates what went wrong

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The 50  people who matter today: 1-10

The 50 people who matter today: 1-10

The top 10 on our diverse list of individuals, couples and families changing the world, for good and ill. Including the Murdochs, Marwan Barghouti, Vladimir Putin and Eric Schmidt

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The 50  people who matter today: 11-20

The 50 people who matter today: 11-20

11-20 on our diverse list of individuals, couples and families changing the world, for good and ill. Including Angela Merkel, Paul Kagame and Harvey Levin

The 50  people who matter today: 21-30

The 50 people who matter today: 21-30

21-30 on our diverse list of individuals, couples and families changing the world, for good and ill. Including Amartya Sen, Gordon Brown and Warren Buffett

The 50 people who matter today: 31-40

31-40 on our diverse list of individuals, couples and families changing the world, for good and ill. Including Usain Bolt, Yukio Hatoyama and Simon Cowell

The 50  people who matter today: 41-50

The 50 people who matter today: 41-50

41-50 on our diverse list of individuals, couples and families changing the world, for good and ill. Including Jay-Z, Hugo Chávez and Anna Wintour

Q&A: George Friedman

The author of the new book The Next 100 Years explains why China poses little threat to US supremacy, why Iran will struggle to build a nuclear weapon and why predictions matter

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