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David Hearst
Brotherhood warned to share power
Working with secularists is crucial not only for stability in Egypt, but also for the entire region, writes David Hearst.
New hope for Korea’s divided families
Five years is not such a long time for the armies that eyeball each other along the demilitarised zone cutting the Korean peninsula in half. Their guns have been on a hair…
‘Journalism is my only weapon’
Since Russia enshrined freedom of speech as a constitutional right in 1993, a total of 152 journalists have been murdered there. A database set up in June by two media monitoring…
Chirac tries to bolster EU campaign
An embattled Jacques Chirac this week appeared live on television in an attempt to swing reluctant France around to a yes vote in the country’s referendum for the European…
Building on a fault line
There is a fault line running through Ukraine that is a product of its history and people. To talk about the history of Ukraine as simply one of Russian occupation is to…
Actress sued over bigotry
It takes a lot for the French to lose patience with their ageing stars, and Brigitte Bardot, now an unabashed fan of the far-right National Front leader, Jean-Marie le Pen, was…
An army against Le Pen
THE streets of Paris, famously constructed for armies, faced two of them on May Day. One – that of the well- disciplined troops of the far-right leader Jean-Marie le Pen – they…