Nauru Scrambles as Australia Closes Island’s Detention Center

The world’s smallest country, bracing for a big change, tries to diversify
Nick Squires
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Deadly Greed: The Role of Speculators in the Global Food Crisis

Profit-takers in the commodities markets shrug about food riots and starvation
Beat Balzli
April 25, 2008

Lack of Women in Eastern Germany Feeds Neo-Nazis

Educated women flee communities with growing numbers of disgruntled young men
June 1, 2007

Brazil's Prized Exports Rely on Slaves and Scorched Land

Beneath the canopy of the Amazon rainforest lies a practice banned over a century ago – slavery.
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North Korea Agrees to Multilateral Talks

China, Japan, South Korea and Russia will join Washington in trying to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear program.
Don Kirk
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