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Correspondents Loyalists at the feast Xan Rice 27 June 2011 Xan Rice reports from the Libyan capital, Tripoli Correspondents In the war zone Xan Rice 15 May 2011 Xan Rice reports from Benghazi and Misrata on the impact of the war in Libya Books & arts Guilty pleasure Brett Evans 11 May 2011 West African countries supply two-thirds of the world’s chocolate, but spreading the benefits might take more than Quaker capitalism or Fairtrade, writes Brett Evans Correspondents Sarkozy’s ambiguous war Daniel Nethery 10 May 2011 There’s a strange silence about the French president’s enthusiasm to intervene in Libya, reports Daniel Nethery in Paris

Essays & reportage Drug companies take a dip Xan Rice 14 July 2010 When GlaxoSmithKline announced a series of initiatives to improve access to drugs in least-developed countries, its most radical proposal was for a “patent pool” to… Correspondents A taste of democracy on the Nile Xan Rice 6 May 2010 Amid preparations for Sudan’s controversial election last month, Xan Rice met a Sudanese man from Sydney who was looking well beyond election day International China’s Copenhagen paradox Peter Browne 14 January 2010 China’s decision to resist binding emissions targets at Copenhagen gives a glimpse of a country with big and sometimes conflicting plans for growth, trade and influence,… Essays & reportage Big promises from Big Pharma Qudsiya Karrim 9 January 2010 GlaxoSmithKline created waves last year with a promise of cheaper drugs and patent waivers in developing countries. In this special report Qudsiya Karrim in Johannesburg…