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Troubled waters: A satellite image of what is claimed to be an airstrip under construction on Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly islands in the South China Sea.

US ratchets up tension with China

But the Pentagon is insisting its naval provocation did not breach any international maritime laws.

Occupying force: Taiyuan camp

China seizes on (part of) its history

The horrors of Japanese camps are being told but nothing is being said of what followed.

Wang Yu is the latest human rights lawyer in China to be arrested in an unprecedented crackdown.

The case of Wang Yu, emblem of China’s human rights crackdown

The detention of Wang Yu was the opening salvo in an unprecedented crackdown on China’s human rights lawyers.

Inside the world of super-rich women

Welcome to Brazil’s first reality show to delve into the lives of the country’s growing class of super-rich.

Carlos the Jackal in new French trial

Carlos the Jackal in new French trial

Venezuelan revolutionary Carlos the Jackal faces fresh charges over 1980s bomb attacks, but jail has only strengthened his beliefs, his brother says.

Oxi: The catastrophe is lurking

A highly addictive new drug has the potential to become a ‘weapon of mass destruction,’ writes <b>Tom Phillips</b>.

Rio raises the inner city ‘siege’

Rio raises the inner city ‘siege’

Town planners are hoping to set a world example.

Rio set to bulletproof favela schools

Authorities in Rio de Janeiro are under renewed pressure to bulletproof up to 200 schools in conflict-stricken areas, after an 11-year-old boy was kil

Rio to bulletproof favela schools

Authorities in Rio de Janeiro are under pressure to bulletproof schools in conflict-stricken areas, after a boy was killed by a stray bullet.

Fair cops in the favelas

Fair cops in the favelas

New policing initiatives have made Rio de Janeiro a safer place, but the ‘pacification’ has been brutal.

Brazil’s future is here at last

Sitting in his air-conditioned office in Guaranta do Norte, a remote agricultural town on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, local mayor José Humberto Macedo looked a contented…

The Amazon burns again

Veteran Amazon pilots such as Fernando Galvao Bezerra are hard men to shock. During 20 years in aviation Bezerra (45) has ferried prostitutes and wildcat miners to remote,…

Brazil plans fund to save rainforest

Plans for a global fund to help contain rainforest destruction and slash carbon emissions will be unveiled next month by the Brazilian government. The project, by which rich…