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The problem with the Red Cross

If you thought the official New York marathon statement about being cancelled was tone-deaf, just wait until you hear this — on video, no less: Gail McGovern, chief executive officer and…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 12, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2240 words)

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Award-wining insight into Bengali gangsters, undercover cops, drug dealers and Islamists in the East End of London

The streets flash by, a kaleidoscope of colour blurring through the night. The car shakes, snaking in and out of the traffic, before heading at speed down the centre of the highway. The driver is…
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4345 words)

I Knew the Boy Next Door Killers

The tragic events in Norway should serve as a reminder to our politicians and pundits (as well as voices in the blogosphere) of the dangers of ignoring far-right movements and individuals.…
PUBLISHED: July 25, 2011
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1943 words)
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The CIA's Secret Sites in Somalia

Nestled in a back corner of Mogadishus Aden Adde International Airport is a sprawling walled compound run by the Central Intelligence Agency. Set on the coast of the Indian Ocean, the facility looks…
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4108 words)

The rise of modern mercenaries and private military contractors

I first saw them on the slip road. They were trapped in a muddle of traffic, jostling to get through, eager, anxious, impatient; the mood of the driver transmitted down through the…
LENGTH: 30 minutes (7671 words)

Life with a terminal illness

'Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.'Martin Luther (1483-1546) German priest and scholar. It…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1258 words)

Gold Trading exposed

Is gold selling like pornography: something more of us do than admit? A shameful secret, something indulged alone and at night, in front of the screen; or during a lunchbreak, safely away…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1927 words)

In a rare interview, Nick Ryan meets the family of the 'American Taliban', John Walker Lindh

Qala-i-Jangi. Hell on Earth. Bright stems of grass surround the ancient fortress. Pale walls rise like a natural feature north of Mazar-e-Sharif, the medieval city pushing at the…
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6206 words)
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