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Is the end of the world really nigh?

Judging by the run of successful natural disaster films in the past few years, people are fascinated by the idea of the end of the world. In Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, a virus ravaged the UK and…
AUTHOR:Alok Jha
PUBLISHED: Nov. 20, 2011
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2363 words)

Corruption in India: 'All your life you pay for things that should be free'

Anna Hazare waves to the crowd during an anti-corruption protest in Delhi. Photograph: AP Vishal is an ordinary man with an ordinary story of corruption in
PUBLISHED: Aug. 19, 2011
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1391 words)

Gaddafi's end … and Libya's new beginning

The crucial blow came as Muammar Gaddafi and much of the world looked the wrong way. The Libyan revolutionaries who swept out of the western mountains and into Tripoli, turfing a hated tyrant…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 28, 2011
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2400 words)
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