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Pakistan under the spotlight: Is the money getting to where it needs to go?

by Patrick Smith 02 September 2010

Pakistan is still reeling from the devastating floods that have seen one fifth of the country become submerged. More than ...more
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The Resonance and Peculiarity of Vietnam

by Millicent Teasdale on 01 September 2010

By Benedict Nagle-Taylor Photograph: Chris King An opening clip from Michael Nicholson's ITV series, Back to the Front was shown to set the scene for...more


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Upcoming paper on the BBC's coverage of the Mumbai attacks

by Daniel Bennett on 01 September 2010

Just a note to let you know that later this month I'll be speaking about the BBC's coverage of the Mumbai attacks in 2008. The...more


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The Gun Always Shines on TV

by Matthew Collin on 01 September 2010

The US webmag Gawker recently published a video survey of Army recruitment videos from around the world. The most entertaining was this ad for the...more


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First Wednesday: Why Pakistan matters

by Patrick Smith on 31 August 2010

This Wednesday we turn our attention again to the crisis unfolding in Pakistan. With more than 14 million people displaced by relentless floods and disease...more


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Reporting Vietnam: 'We don't only work for the news, we work for the memory'

by Patrick Smith on 31 August 2010

By Gouri SharmaThe only victory for the media during the Vietnam War was that the public decided it never wanted to see those images and...more


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Embedded with the Taliban

by Daniel Bennett on 27 August 2010

Discussions around embedded journalism in Afghanistan tend to focus on journalists joining up with NATO or U.S. forces but what about the view we get...more


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Gideon Levy in conversation with Jon Snow: why the media's role in the occupation of Palestine matters

by Patrick Smith on 26 August 2010

With a protracted, complex and bloody conflict between Israel and Islamic forces in Palestine, the need for independent journalism has never been greater. Isreali journalist...more


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Mid-Ramadan in Mogadishu is Just Another Bloody Day

by Hodan Yusuf-Pankhurst on 24 August 2010

It is the eve of the 15th night of the holy month of fasting in the Islamic calendar, but the families of at least 33...more


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Iraq revisited: What next for the Forgotten War?

by Frontline Staff on 19 August 2010

Picture: Chris King  By Sara Williams As the last full US combat brigade rumbled out of Iraq, what comes next for the region and its...more


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The small acts of mischief that could change the world

by Julie Tomlin on 18 August 2010

Challenging the pessimistic view that "nothing can ever change" was partly the purpose of last night's event looking at small acts of resistance around the...more


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