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Africa review
Posted on March 18, 2010
Wife budget doubled for President Zuma
  • Glimmer of hope for media freedom in Afghanistan
    Posted on March 17, 2010
    Amid the ongoing violence in Afghanistan, it is boom time for the media there. As only an estimated third of the population is literate, local radio stations are on the increase, while newspapers lag far behind. Under the Taliban, there was only one station, but now there are dozens hitting the airwaves, despite being put under pressure by the government.
  • Today's Comments
    Posted on March 17, 2010
    Jonathan Freedland: Israel slapped America – and may have jolted Obama awake
  • Europe review
    Posted on March 17, 2010
    Thousands pay tribute to Latvia's fallen Nazi troops
  • France faces up to its Holocaust role              
  • The Dutch retreat                             
  • Asia review
    Posted on March 16, 2010
    World's shortest man dies aged 21
  • 'Top Secret': The Power And Struggle Of The Press
    Posted on March 16, 2010
    Listen to the story: Almost 40 years ago, the battle over the Pentagon Papers pitted national security against the freedom of the press. A top secret document many thousands of pages long, the Pentagon Papers was a study commissioned by then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara on the United States' involvement in Vietnam.
    Today's Comments
    Posted on March 16, 2010
    John Harris: These horror stories offer the left home truths
  • Americas review
    Posted on March 15, 2010
    Chavez calls for curbs on internet
  • Bolivia, our beacon of hope         
  • Today's Comments
    Posted on March 15, 2010
    James Forsyth: Labour's Lords reform plan is about framing the election campaign not the constitution
  • Today's Comments
    Posted on March 14, 2010
    Fraser Nelson: Brown's latest confidence trick
  • On/Off: Can South Koreans survive without the web?
    Posted on March 13, 2010
    South Korea is often called the world's most wired society, boasting the fastest average broadband speeds on the planet. What happens when you ask two families to live without the web for one week?
  • Down on the farm with the robots             
  • Weekend Travel Guide
    Posted on March 13, 2010
    Independent
  • Weekend Cinema: Film News and Reviews
    Posted on March 13, 2010
    Independent
    Telegraph
    New York Times
    Guardian
    Times
    Film trailers
  • Weekend book reviews
    Posted on March 13, 2010
    Independent
  • Today's Comments
    Posted on March 13, 2010
    Simon Heffer: Budget 2010: There is one cut that could save Labour
  • Middle East review
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    Robert Fisk: Living proof of the Armenian genocide
  • Syria and Israel eye nuclear plants             
  • Today's Comments
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    Johann Hari: Palestinians should now declare their independence
  • Today's Comments
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    Steve Richards: Step forward the minister with a scheme to make a difference
  • Africa review
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    Has Nigeria's First Lady seized control of the nation?
  • Iraq has moved forward. It’s time we did too
    Posted on March 10, 2010
    Seven years on, these elections are a miracle. But the anti-war brigade is too blinded by prejudice to see it
    Today's Comments
    Posted on March 10, 2010
    Mathew Norman: A very stoppable force about to meet a very moveable object
  • Europe review
    Posted on March 10, 2010
    Shipwrecks found during pipeline work
  • Point Omega--Leo Robson
    Posted on March 9, 2010
    Twenty-five years ago, in White Noise, Don DeLillo perfected a distinctive, paranoid style. His new novel is a distant echo of that masterpiece.
    Asia review
    Posted on March 9, 2010
    Cyberwar declared as China hunts for the West’s intelligence secrets
  • China picks mothers for astronaut training              
  • Today's Comments
    Posted on March 9, 2010
    Robert Fisk: Living proof of the Armenian genocide
  • Green Oscars
    Posted on March 8, 2010
    Once again, a handful of green films will be competing for this year's Academy Awards.
  • Americas review
    Posted on March 8, 2010
    Starbucks sticks to its guns
  • Studying life in Ecuador            
  • Today's Comments
    Posted on March 8, 2010
    What does it matter if Samantha Cameron voted Labour once?
  • Bigelow makes Oscars history as Hurt Locker flies
    Posted on March 8, 2010
    Kathryn Bigelow last night made Oscar history when she was named Best Director for The Hurt Locker, the first woman to be crowned the queen of Hollywood in the 82-year history of the Academy Awards.
  • Telling the Afghanistan war story
    Posted on March 7, 2010
    This week on The Listening Post: The 'hearts and minds' side of Operation Moshtarak in Afghanistan and the proposed legislation that could make Iceland a haven for journalists.