The late Ayatollah Khomeini immortalized on a mural in Qom, Iran.Patrick Brown / PANOS

Travesty

Where did the controversial idea of the ‘Islamic state’ come from? Ziauddin Sardar traces its origins.

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NI 426 - Islam in power - October, 2009
US and Pakistani intelligence bigwigs get chummy at a mujahidin training camp in 1987. Note then-Director of the ISI (Inter-Service Intelligence) Major Gen. Hamid Gul (front left) and then-Director of the CIA William Webster (second left).Photo: www.rawa.org

Our terrorists

Islamic fundamentalist militants are the enemies of Israel and Western governments, right? Think again. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed reports in this extended version of the article which appeared in the October 2009 issue.

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Photo by Patrick Brown / PANOS

Islam in power

Hadani Ditmars calls for a return to Islam’s spirit of democracy and pluralism.

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NI 426 - Islam in power - October, 2009
The family of a five-year-old killed during a raid by the Lao People's Army mourn at the child's grave. Thousands of Hmong, who fought or collaborated with the CIA until communists took over the country in 1975, remain hidden in the jungles of Laos. Photo by Tomas van Houtryve / Panos

Jungle orphans

Nick Harvey reports on the position of the Hmong – both inside Laos and the bleak refugee camps of Thailand.

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
An internally displaced girl carries a pitcher of water in the Swat Valley.Stringer Pakistan / Reuters

Why Pakistan's Taliban win as they lose

Pakistan's army offensive has wrongfooted the Taliban. But the larger war of ideas has yet to be won. Pervez Hoodbhoy explains.

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
An indigenous Wayuu woman protests in Bogotá, Colombia. Her people are threatened with extinction by the actions of government, left-wing guerillas and multinational corporations. Humanitarian aid agencies, however, offer support and human rights training. Photo by John Vizcaino / Reuters.

Summing up...

Vanessa Baird draws a few conclusions.

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
Some call it ‘live aid’. Some call it  ‘dead aid’. The aid debate is raging.Photo by: SVEN TORFINN / PANOS

Boon or burden?

Some call it 'live aid'. Some call it 'dead aid'. The debate is raging. Vanessa Baird and Jonathan Glennie tell the story so far...

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
The case for real aid

The case for real aid

Jonathan Glennie takes on both the aid optimists and the pessimists.

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
Everything is a world market

Everything is a world market

Charlie Parker operates Charlie Bee Honey near Niagara Falls, Ontario. He reflects on his 50 years as a beekeeper.

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
Destruction in the name of progress: hardwood rainforest logs being stacked for export near Abidjan, Ivory Coast.Photo by Ron Giling / Still Pictures.

Looting of a small planet

It won’t be easy but Philip Chandler argues that beekeepers themselves need to lead a revolution in sustainability.

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Photo: Bill Ross / CORBIS

A stressed world

Extinction is forever. Can we stop the slide in bio-diversity?

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
Vancouver’s apiary missionary Brian Campbell: ‘If you care about grizzly bears, help the bees.’Photo by Hadani Ditmars.

Backyard beehives

A walk on the wild side with Hadani Ditmars.

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
(This photo and next) The spirits are then invoked to protect them from the bees and to ask that the bees should not be too angry with them for taking away the honey. They also pray that bears and elephants should not come and attack them since both these animals are attracted by the smell of honey.

Honey is life

Gathering wild honey is an age-old tradition in South India. Mari Marcel Thekaekara and her husband Stan see how it’s done.

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
The Bees' Knees - The Facts Photo by: MAIN PHOTO: WILDLIFE / P.Hartmann / Still Pictures

The Bees' Knees - The Facts

Facts and figures on bees, honey & the food connection.

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Photo by Khaled Al Hariri / Reuters

Why are they dying?

Wayne Ellwood investigates the case of the missing bees.

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
Arctic - Links and Resources

Arctic - Links and Resources

Organizations, campaign groups, news, books & films on the Arctic.

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NI 424 - Surviving change in the Arctic - July, 2009
No place like home: Roberta and Johnny, two residents of Shishmaref, sit where their house used to be before it was eroded by the sea.Photo by: Bryan and Cherry Alexander Photography

When the ice melts

What does the future hold? Jess Worth learns from five leading figures.

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NI 424 - Surviving change in the Arctic - July, 2009
Arctic explorer Artur Chilingarov shows a photograph of the Russian national flag that he planted on the seabed under the North Pole in August 2007. The provocative act, intended to stake a symbolic claim to the Arctic’s mineral riches, didn’t go down too well with Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay. ‘This isn’t the 15th century,’ he spluttered. ‘You can’t go around the world and just plant flags and say “We’re claiming this territory”.’Photo: Alexander Natruskin / Reuters

Who owns the Arctic?

Could countries come to blows over the North's resources? Professor Michael Byers explains.

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NI 424 - Surviving change in the Arctic - July, 2009

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Islam in power October, 2009
Islam in power October, 2009
Islam in power October, 2009
Islam in power October, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Surviving change in the Arctic July, 2009
Surviving change in the Arctic July, 2009
Surviving change in the Arctic July, 2009
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