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CIA enlarge their presence in Afghanistan
True tales of a mixed-up world




A 2008 US Election Hijinks
True tales of a mixed-up world

Bang your head
A US defence contractor is claiming to have developed a technology that allows sounds to be beamed directly into people's heads.


Mandela’s no tourist
Nelson Mandela gets a birthday present from the US, being repealed from the Terror Watch List!

Oz broadcaster goes the whole hog on eco guilt-tripping
Planet Slayer - how much do you suck?
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Alien vs Predator: Cool Ranch
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Recreating the Big Bang is 'perfectly safe', honest!
True tales of a mixed-up world
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ON THE NI SITE
The Berlin Wall of the Desert
On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Stefan Simanowitz reports from Western Sahara on the wall that has separated a nation for 29 years.
Hillywood dreams
In the hills of Rwanda, Tom Cropper finds the world’s most unique film festival.
President Blair: The great escape
Anna Chen heaves a sigh of relief as Tony's plans to conquer Europe are halted.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Naked Emperors
It’s time to ask some very basic questions, like: What are banks for?
What are houses for? What’s credit for? What’s the economy for? Or, for
that matter, what’s the environment for? Vanessa Baird suggests a
10-point economic detox programme.
A brief history of Afghanistan
The fighting, the pain and the hunger for change
Plastic plants
As oil supplies dwindle, the plastic industry is pinning its hopes on
biomass. Not a great idea, reasons Jim Thomas.
Too late for Martha
Denied treatment while pregnant, she died in agony after her child was
born. Jens Erik Gould tells a tragic story that changed the law on
abortion in Colombia.
The banks are made of marble
The true owners of the silver in the vaults.
The fourth generation
Iran is young, vibrant and diverse, despite the repression, as Nasrin
Alavi explains.
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