10 December 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: An argument among Taliban leaders escalated into a shoot-out in which four or five senior figures were killed (including the leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour) and more than a dozen wounded, according to government reports (but denied by the Taliban). The Afghan security forces – police and… Continue reading Issue 32:2015 10 10:Week in Brief: International
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Issue 32: 2015 10 10: Exorcising magic realism
10 December 2015 Exorcising Magic Realism Cold reality for a hot continent by Neil Tidmarsh The world-class literature of Latin America is characterised by a refusal to accept the true nature of reality. Novelists such as Mexico’s Juan Rulfo, Colombia’s Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Peru’s Mario Vargas Llosa, Argentina’s Jorge Louis Borges and many others have… Continue reading Issue 32: 2015 10 10: Exorcising magic realism
Issue 18: 2015 09 03: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
3 September 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban have taken Musa Qala in Helmand province, defeating Afghan forces supported by US airstrikes. AUSTRIA: A lorry abandoned on a motorway near the Hungarian border was found to contain the decomposing bodies of up to 50 migrants. AZERBAIJAN: An investigative journalist has been sentenced… Continue reading Issue 18: 2015 09 03: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Issue 2:2015 05 14: FOREIGN NEWS
14 May 2015 Week in brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS GREECE: Greece has begun to pay the 200 million euros owed to the IMF this week, by emptying the cash reserves lent to them by the IMF some years ago for emergencies. Prime Minister Tsipras wants to raise more funds by issuing new government debt; the… Continue reading Issue 2:2015 05 14: FOREIGN NEWS
