Notes from different corners of the world.

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• Darfur Rebellion from the margins.
  Shane Bauer May 1, 2008
  
• To Leave or Not To Leave? After decades in Pakistan, thousands of refugees return "home" to Afghanistan.
  Anna Husarska April 22, 2008
  
• Inside Saudi Arabia "This is one of the only countries in the world where the government wants change more than the people do."
  Nicholas Schmidle April 17, 2008
  
• China's Great Migration Why would hundreds of thousands of people risk their lives to move to America and live as illegal aliens?
  Patrick Radden Keefe April 9, 2008
  
• "Iraq Is Not a Suitable Place To Live as a Human" Why more than 1 million Iraqi exiles remain in Syria.
  Deborah Amos March 27, 2008
  
• My Lunch at Bear Stearns The investment bank may be worth only $2 a share, but it still has an amazing salad bar.
  Dana Vachon March 21, 2008
  
• Vet in a Suit Testimony from the Iraq Veterans Against the War.
  Anthony Swofford March 17, 2008
  
• A Terror Tour of Israel The human problem.
  Nathan Hodge March 10, 2008
  
• Trade-Offs Is China the key to Africa's development?
  Eliza Barclay March 6, 2008
  
• Monger Me, Obama! The mood in Texas.
  Meghan O'Rourke March 3, 2008
  
• Dispatches From China's Wild West The Kanas Lake Monster, China's Nessie.
  Joshua Kucera March 3, 2008
  
• The Aloha Spirit Caucusing in Hawaii.
  Laura Moser Feb. 20, 2008
  
• Who Are the Kikuyu? And why do Kenya's other tribes resent them so much?
  Michela Wrong Feb. 8, 2008
  
• Is This the Seedy Underbelly of New York Fashion? 
  Feb. 6, 2008
  
• Notes on Fashion Week What's everybody scribbling about in their notebooks?
  Josh Patner Feb. 6, 2008
  
• Thank You. Now Go to Hell. Mukasey stonewalls Senate Democrats on water-boarding, and practically everything else.
  Dahlia Lithwick Jan. 31, 2008
  
• Where Have You Gone, Jose Canseco? Missing the Bash Brothers at Congress' latest steroid hearings.
  Josh Levin Jan. 16, 2008
  
• On the Campaign Trail in Pakistan "Why should I vote in a Pakistani election? I don't recognize Pakistan."
  Nicholas Schmidle Jan. 9, 2008
  
• The Hidden Wounds of Congo's Wars How do you end an ethnic conflict?
  Anna Husarska Jan. 4, 2008
  
• You're for Obama? I'm Gonna Lock the Door on You! Hillary's supporters carry the caucus in Eldora, Iowa.
  Emily Bazelon Jan. 4, 2008
  
• What's Really Going On in Kenya? And why didn't a U.S.-funded group release its exit-poll data?
  Alex Halperin Jan. 2, 2008