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27 Apr 2011 2 minute read

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Happy anniversary!

As Sierra Leone celebrates 50 years of independence, Sulakshana Gupta revisits the photographic past.

2 Mar 2010 5 minute read

This article is more than 13 years old.

Crisis, crash, crunch - the lowlights

A sorry saga since corporate globalization got going in 1971.

2 Jan 2010 4 minute read

This article is almost 14 years old.

A brief history of population

Includes a murky past.

2 Jul 2009 5 minute read

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The Arctic: a history

A mythical place – land of the frozen ocean, the aurora borealis and the midnight sun.

1 Apr 2009 1 minute read

This article is more than 14 years old.

Fat: A Cultural History of Obesity

Sander L Gilman delves into culture to demonstrate that our belief that fat can be identified with a number of character flaws...

2 Mar 2009 7 minute read

This article is more than 14 years old.

Facing history in Cambodia

Why Cambodians need the Khmer Rouge on trial, by *Tom Fawthrop*.

2 Nov 2008 7 minute read

This article is almost 15 years old.

A brief history of Afghanistan

The fighting, the pain and the hunger for change

2 Oct 2008 6 minute read

This article is almost 15 years old.

A short history of TAXATION

A history of the eternal fate of taxation: to be the abused or abusive means towards noble or ignoble ends, never quite able...

2 Oct 2008 1 minute read

This article is almost 15 years old.

The Rebels' Hour

*Lieve Joris*'s spellbinding account of the recent ill-starred history of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

2 Sep 2008 5 minute read

This article is more than 15 years old.

The Polymer Revolution

A history of plastic.

2 Aug 2008 5 minute read

This article is more than 15 years old.

For our convenience

Toilets have been around since the days of Elizabeth I. Systems old and new.

2 Jun 2008 7 minute read

This article is more than 15 years old.

Nuclear weapons: a history

From the Manhattan Project and Hiroshima, to the Cold War, North Korea and beyond, nuclear fission has changed everything.

2 May 2008 2 minute read

This article is more than 15 years old.

Was Jesus Christ a revolutionary?

Jesus kept some shady political company. And his lifestyle has obvious radical resonance. But was he out to overthrow the...

19 Dec 2007 1 minute read

This article is almost 16 years old.

In Search of Santa

Ho, ho, ho! The Radio New Internationalist team had a good laugh when we found out where Santa - or St Nicholas - really came...

1 Jul 2007 5 minute read

This article is more than 16 years old.

Tasmanian roots

The two Australians, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, set the ball rolling – *Russ Grayson* and *Steve Payne* tell their...

Radio New Internationalist - Sultans of Spin

26 Apr 2007 1 minute read

This article is more than 16 years old.

Radio New Internationalist - Sultans of Spin

Public relations experts are manipulating information in favour of companies, governments and the rich at blinding speeds....

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