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Yemen's uprising, 10 years on: Half the population risks starvation
10 years after an uprising that called for an end to inequality, poverty and corruption, up to 16 million people in Yemen are on the brink of famine. The economy is destroyed, as are schools and hospitals across the country.
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"Capernaum": Oscar contender for Best Foreign Film
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Nadine Labaki's CAPERNAUM ("Chaos") tells the story of Zain (Zain al Rafeea), a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the "crime" of giving him life.
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Unrest in TajikistanThe Spectre of Civil War
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, a bloody ethnic conflict raged in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. The peace accord of 1997 appeared to put an end to the fighting, but recent clashes on the border with Afghanistan indicate that the civil war may be flaring up again. Marcus Bensmann explains the background to the conflict
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The Gulf Initiative and the Yemeni ConflictPutting the Cart before the Horse
The international community would do itself and Yemen a service if it looked beyond the parameters set by the Gulf initiative, which was signed by the Yemeni president and representatives of the opposition in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on 23 November 2011 writes Elham Manea