BEYPAZARI, TURKEY, February 2005

Washington is hailing recent developments in the Middle East as a success for its campaign to bring democracy to the region, and it is asking its Islamic and Arab allies in to take a greater lead. One of the key players it would like to bring on board in Turkey, which it holds up as a successful and functioning democracy. HH went there to examine whether it would work. […]

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LANCASTER, OHIO, December, 2004

For many Republicans, Christianity and support for President George W Bush go hand-in-hand, but if the two begin to clash, will the friendship continue? […]

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GEORGETOWN, September 2004

While George W Bush and John Kerry fight out their campaigns in the US, hundreds of millions of people throughout the world – who have no vote – wait on tenterhooks for the result. American foreign policy has a global reach such as never before – although much of it is made within a few city blocks in Washington where advisers and policy makers live and work – and might well have been educated. […]

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BAALBEK, LEBANON, July 2004

Twenty years ago another Middle Eastern country was ravaged by the sort of factional civil war which many now could grip Iraq. But now – Lebanon holds regular elections that changes leaders – yet it is the home turf for one of the most successful and violent Islamic militias – the Hizbolah – blamed by America blames for suicide bombings, kidnappings and links to Iran. […]

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BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA June 2004

As America prepares for its November presidential election, civil rights are turning their attention to the raft of new laws brought in to fight terror after the September 11th acts. Central to these are the politically named USA Patriot Act which gives intelligence agencies new powers to keep watch on American citizens. It has been condemned as dragging America back into it dark modern history – when the FBI was used to itimidate suspected communists and anti-war protesters. […]

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SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA April 2004

Earlier this week, the International Monetary owned up to making mistakes in dealing with Argentina’s 2001 economic crisis which pushed half the population into poverty. The IMF said it had missed warning signs that Argentina’s growth at the end of the 1990s and economic reforms were not as successful as they seemed. Why, though, had it taken so long for the IMF to be humbled. […]

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ZAGREB, CROATIA February 2004

Croatia is pursuing membership on the European Union with vigor, but to achieve this it would mean handing over their war criminals to the Hague and re-settling the tens of thousands of Serbian refugees driven out by ethnic cleansing. […]

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KERBALA, IRAQ, December 2003

Six months from now, America wants to hand over the government of Iraq. But what sort of people might form the new government. […]

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BABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE, TROMBAY November 2003

Over the past year India and Pakistan have had a million troops facing each other down on the border with a stream of world leaders coming to their capitals appealing for peace. It’s almost five years since both countries declared their nuclear weapons – creating a specter of the world’s first nuclear war between neighboring hostile states. […]

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CASABLANCA. MOROCCO, September 2003

Morocco is holding local elections tomorrow – nearly four months after they were postponed because of a series of coordinated car bombs in car bombs. More than forty people died, a hundred were injured and seven hundred have been rounded up as part of a security sweep to stop any more attacks. The elections may show how the attacks impacted on the popularity of the Islamic political movement. Most of the suicide bombers came from one specific area of Casablanca. […]

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