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	The rise and fall of president Bouteflika by Jay Gutman Algeria's president Bouteflika was chosen to lead the country in 1999 specifically because he had been a government insider since 1963.
	Permissible Influences: Israel and the Australian Elections by Dr. Binoy Kampmark So much hullabaloo; so much pent-up anger and, let's face it, so much opportunity for the political classes of Australia.
	Passing the Parcel: The European Union and Refugees in the Mediterranean by Dr. Binoy Kampmark The modern UN Refugee Convention is now so flea-bitten it's been put out to the garbage tip of history.

	Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by Jay Gutman Israel suffers from two major image problems when it comes to the conflict: first, the blood libel attributed to Jews in general and Israelis in particular.
	Lost Malaysian Hopes and the Pakatan Catch 22 by Murray Hunter It took the Malaysian opposition more than a generation to topple the Barisan Nasional government, led by the now-discredited United Malays National Organization.
	What's really going on in Algeria by Jay Gutman To understand the political situation of a country, you really need to know who has the money and who does what with money.
	When it Comes to Julian Assange, the U.S. is Killing the Messenger by George Cassidy Payne According to their website, "on April 5th, 2010 WikiLeaks released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad- including two Reuters news staff.
	Delegitimising Journalism: The Effort to Relabel Julian Assange by Dr. Binoy Kampmark "Your honour, I represent the United States government". The Westminster Magistrates Court had been left with little doubt by the opening words of the legal team marshalled against the face of WikiLeaks.
	After 30 Years of Stagnation, Incompetence and Repression, Omar al-Bashir of Sudan is Pushed Out. Problems Remain by Rene Wadlow On 11 April 2019, the Defense Minister of Sudan, Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf, announced that the President Omar al-Bashir had been removed from office and was under house arrest along with a few members of his inner circle.
	Sudan and the international community must ensure al-Bashir faces justice by Ovi Magazine Guest Al-Bashir has been wanted by the ICC for alleged crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide committed in Darfur, Sudan since 2009.
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