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• Crossed lines in the Caribbean; Belize and Lord Ashcroft.(Michael Ashcroft) 

  Belize's prime minister is attacking one of Britain's most powerful political figures AT THE end of August the prime minister of Belize, Dean...

  10/24/09 · More from publication

• Dead certs; Canada's terrorism laws. 

  One succeeds, another hits problems CANADA'S top judges have never been comfortable with the government's use, since the attacks on September...

  10/24/09 · More from publication

• The bottom line; Drugs and violence in Rio. 

  Rio's cops: part of the problem Why a tight market for drugs may be contributing to recent violence ALL of Brazil's big cities have a...

  10/24/09 · More from publication

• The mystery behind Mujica's mask; Uruguay's elections. 

  The ruling Broad Front's flower-growing ex-revolutionary is well ahead in the presidential race. But how far left would he push Uruguay if...

  10/24/09 · More from publication

• Seconds out, round two; Afghanistan's permanent election. 

  Hamid Karzai is forced kicking and screaming into another electoral shambles RARELY has an announcement by a national leader been as grudging...

  10/24/09 · More from publication

• Like the last lot; Indonesia's new cabinet. 

  More politicians than technocrats OPTIMISM abounded when Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (above) was re-elected Indonesian president in July in a...

  10/24/09 · More from publication

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