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	Rio Tinto in Serbia: The Jadar Lithium Project by Dr. Binoy Kampmark The company has been looking forward to this for some time. For an outfit found wanting in dealing with inhabitants of a land whose culture it eviscerated in a matter of hours in May last year, Rio Tinto could think grandly...
	Malaysia Seeks a Covid-19 Endgame by Murray Hunter Malaysia is now trapped in its third extended Movement Control Order, or EMCO, and is being ruled under emergency decree. The country is nearing a million total cases, with new ones running at a 15,000 daily clip and nearing 150...
	Global Britain Slashes International Aid by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Politics is not merely the art of the possible but the pursuit of concerted hypocrisy. When it comes to that matter of funding good causes - aid, for instance - wealthy states are often happy to claim...

	Afghanistan, Failure and Second Thoughts by Dr. Binoy Kampmark It is a country other powers simply cannot leave alone. Even after abandoning its Kabul post in ignominy, tail tucked between their legs, Australia is now wondering if it should return - in some form.
	Brazil: Bolsonaro's conservative government brings hunger back by Ovi Magazine Guest At the end of April, the official number of covid deaths in Brazil surpassed 400,000. Measured by the number of inhabitants, no country in the Americas has seen more people die from infection with the coronavirus.
	Afghanistan: No Peace without a Clear Vision by Ovi Magazine Guest Peace is the absence of war, while war is the absence of peace! A negotiated peace in Afghanistan presents a number of challenges. The duration of the war over several decades has created a number of situations...
	Papers Instead of Human Lives: The Sentencing of Daniel Hale by Dr. Binoy Kampmark In May 2019, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, that famous bastion of anti-whistleblowing fervour, unsealed an indictment charging former intelligence analyst Daniel Everett Hale with five counts of providing...
	The Golden Age of UMNO is on the Wane by Murray Hunter The United Malays National Organization, or UMNO is once again deeply split. There is a fracture between the party grassroots, the Supreme Council or central party governing body, and the parliamentary caucus.
	Pegasus Rides Again: The NSO Group, Spyware and Human Rights by Dr. Binoy Kampmark They keep insisting they don't do it. But companies such as the Israeli NSO Group are global vendors for regimes, whatever stripe or colour, for surveillance tools to spy on those they deem of interest.
	Widening class division in Thailand - The Covid-19 factor by Murray Hunter Thailand's class divisions have dramatically widened during the Covid-19 pandemic. With students returning to the streets in protest, even with tight crowd restrictions in place, after a three-month hiatus during the pandemic...
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