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Evo Morales swept to power promising a social revolution which included legalising coca cultivation. A year on, America is so worried Bolivia is becoming a 'Narco State', it's slashed funding.
Your enemies' militias may be terrorists and torturers. But your own are protectors and providers. In Iraq militias, like the infamous Mehdi army, are assuming many of the functions of normal government.
Every month, another 100,000 desperate Iraqis flee into exile. But Iraq's neighbours don't want them. Many live an underground existence, fearful of going outside in case they're deported.
Billions of dollars of Iraqi revenue is lost every year through oil smuggling across the country's porous borders. There are fears this money is being used to fund the insurgency.
Amidst rumours America is planning military strikes on Al Qaeda bases in Pakistan, the tribal region of Waziristan is once again in the spotlight. We reveal how it has become a haven for Al Qaeda.
A play about pre-menstrual syndrome, vaginas and tampons may not seem like an obvious hit in the Middle East. But Beirut's version of 'The Vagina Monologues' is pulling in the crowds.
For less than 15 a day, hundreds of Iraqis risk their lives to work as interpreters for the army. Many are now in hiding from death squads and feel abandoned by their former employers.
With one in three Iraqis in need of emergency aid, many families are being sustained by free charity meals. One of the hardest hit groups is Iraqi Christians, targeted by both Sunnis and Shias.
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