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Rageh Omaar

One step back, one step forward

Despite current troubles, Africa is still progressing.

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Tribal troubles

Rageh Omaar reports from the wild borderlands of Waziristan

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Battle for Pakistan’s soul

The siege of the Red Mosque in Islamabad has come to a bloody end - but the struggle between…

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Strange victory

The original gamble was born of weakness. But thanks to British errors, Iran has got more than it wa

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Somalia: Courts open old wounds

The past few months have witnessed the most dramatic and profound developments in Somalia since the collapse of the…

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