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Global Super Power
What do we mean by a 'super power' nowadays?
Adventure Holidays
Are Westerners in danger of destroying the cultures and landscapes they've come to see?
United Arab Emirates
Could the phenomenal spending culture in the United Arab Emirates be coming to a close?
Indonesian Economy
The Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 hit Indonesia hard. How is the country doing now?
Holocaust
Author Norman G Finkelstein argues the Holocaust has been exploited for political gain
US Aid to Africa
Is America showing a greater commitment to Africa?
Australian Identity
The history of immigration in Australia, and its changing relationship with Britain
Chinese Architecture
Traditional Chinese architecture competes with Beijing's need to develop
Six Billion Inhabitants
With an aging population and falling birthrate, will Europe admit it needs immigration?
Japanese Nationalism
How the rise of nationalism and denial of the Nanking massacre is causing concern
US Presidential Candidates
Campaign news and expert analysis from the 2000 US presidential election
The Fallout From Afghanistan
How the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan created an armed cadre of 20,000 foreign radicals
Philippines - Capital Punishment in Manila
Report on Manila's first execution since capital punishment was re-introduced in 1994
The Sami - Norwegian Nomads
Report from Norway on the Sami people, nomadic reindeer herders
American Election Campaign 2000
Does US campaign financing put special interests above national interests?
Violence in Indonesia
Why have communities that previously got along fallen into such bitter enmity?
Gay Rights and Section 28
Can UK campaigners manage to remove a 1988 law banning the "promotion" of homosexuality?
US Economic Growth
A study of US economic growth in the 21st Century
Global Warming
The repercussions of global warming on the developing world
The Future of UK House of Lords
The future of the House of Lords, the unelected upper house of the UK parliament
Human Arm Transplant
Scientific medical breakthroughs including limb transplants and human tissue growth
War in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The ongoing conflict and lawlessness described as "Africa's first world war"
The Rise of the Superstore
Is the traditional local shop doomed? A debate about the impact of out-of-town superstores
Unrecognised Nations and Peoples
Only 3% of the world's communities have a country they can call their own
Pakistan's Coup D'etat
A report on General Musharraf's coup d'etat over Prime Minister Sharif
Iranian Elections
The battle for the future direction of the Islamic revolution
Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
A year after the report into the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence, has anything changed?
Looted Treasures in London
How smuggled treasures from Italy, Greece, and Turkey are ending up on sale in London
African Peacekeeping
The French decision to train Africans in peacekeeping
Northern Ireland Debate
Debate on the breakdown of peace process and the resumption of violence
Surveillance
What price privacy? And where does the law stand on snooping?