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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
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
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
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
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
Our opposition to torture must be non-negotiable
Facts Are Subversive: Political Writing from a Decade Without a Name
Fidel Castro
The last revolutionary
Steve Richards
On Tory policy
James Macintyre
Miliband's dilemma
Will Self
On Oscar Wilde
Science
Religion and Darwin
Film review
Bright Star
Books
Paul Auster
Interview
Alain de Botton
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