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Burma's Neroes fiddle while the people die
Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford University and Free Burma Coalition Maung Zarni on how, in the wake of Burma's cyclone, the country's dictators put their rotten referendum first and their citizens' lives second. He argues the world must intervene
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Unfriendly persuasion
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Enter the dragon
Choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and sculptor Antony Gormley were drawn to the legendary Shaolin monastery. The reality they uncovered was not what they'd expected
A murky outcome
After the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, the Democrats are increasingly backed into a corner, writes US editor Andrew Stephen
Bolivian poppycock
A faux referendum in Bolivia demanding greater autonomy for the Santa Cruz province is nothing more than a modern version of Ian Smith's shortlived minority rule in Southern Rhodesia
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Israel's alternative independence day
Ben White reports on how some of Israel's Palestinian citizens marked the beginning of the country's 60th anniversary celebrations
Serbia's divided society
Ahead of elections in Serbia on Sunday, Eric Gordy explains that the country going to the polls is split between those looking hopefully toward a European future and those looking vengefully back to the recent past
Burma’s referendum of the absurd
Despite the terrible cyclone death toll, Burma's military junta is pushing ahead with its spurious constitutional referendum. Plus don't miss Maung Zarni on Burma's Neros
The Mark Thomas Postcard
Human Writes
Comedian Mark Thomas urges you to take up your pens in protest
