In this issue
With elections fast approaching, *Nick Hunt* exposes how Meles Zenawi’s Government has turned its back on its people.
Tunisia continues to enjoy close economic and political ties with the US and Europe and benefits from billions of dollars of foreign investment.
There are tar sands deposits all over the world. *Mika Minio-Paluello* visits two of them.
*Gopal Mitra* experienced the violence and tragedy of Kashmir firsthand, but is hopeful of a peaceful future, as *Jeremy Seabrook* discovers.
*Zoe Cormier* meets two indigenous people for whom this fight couldn’t be more personal.
The fate of our favourite fish hangs in the balance. *Sara Holden* and *Greg McNevin* explain what needs to be done to give it, and countless other ocean dwellers, a fighting chance.
Vast reserves of the black stuff are bringing the country nothing but trouble, argues *Andrew Nikiforuk*.