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	Predictable Monstrosities: Priti Patel Approves Assange's Extradition by Dr. Binoy Kampmark The only shock about the UK Home Secretary's decision regarding Julian Assange was that it did not come sooner. In April, Chief Magistrate Senior District Judge Paul Goldspring expressed the view...
	The Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict: Greater Awareness Building Needed by Rene Wadlow The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 19 June of each year to be the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict in order to raise awareness of the need to put an end...
	Watching from the other side of the Atlantic by Thanos Kalamidas Watching things happening and unveiling this last decade in USA, socially and politically, and from the other side of the Atlantic, I often get a weird and perilous -definitely unsettling- feeling...

	Fighting the First UK-Rwandan Refugee Flight by Dr. Binoy Kampmark June 10 bore witness to a valiant effort on the part of refugee groups and a trade union to stop what promises to be the first journey of many as part of the UK-Rwanda plan.
	Some implications of Tinubu's nomination victory by Ovi Magazine Guest Atiku Abubakar's nomination to fly the presidential flag of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2023 elections is not the big news. He is not new to it having contested serially for the office in times past.
	Takeaways and Giveaways from APC Presidential Primaries by Kola King The presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) have come and gone. The Federal Capital Territory was agog and in a festive mood for almost three days as the ruling party organized...
	Singapore as a quasi-one-party state by Murray Hunter Singapore's People's Action Party (PAP) is one of the longest political parties holding power, winning every election since 1959. CNA, part of the state media, inferred that Singapore was a one party state...
	$Ukraine: Looming crisis, fracturing International Order$ Ukraine: Looming crisis, fracturing International Order by Ovi Magazine Guest Three months have already passed since the Russian 'special operation in' or 'invasion of' (depends which sources you are citing) Ukraine began. As the international community tries to grasp this
	Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a corruption tragedy by choice by Thanos Kalamidas It feels like there is a curse laid upon Greece; every time this historic democracy takes a breathe of hope something new comes to destroy all and remind us how fragile democracy can be.
	George W. Bush, Freudian Confessions and Foiled Assassinations by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Former US President George W. Bush has had the good fortune of facingsuch a foiling, though the claims remain fresh. On May 24, Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab, an Iraqi national living in Columbus...
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