Le Monde diplomatique

December 2006

Features:

• US: what the stock car race circuit reveals about a political shift page
• Iran: the poor get poorer after a change of president page
• Arab press: Al-Jazeera among the tame Saudi pigeons page
• Spain and the Basques: can the Eta ceasei re hold? page
• Ukraine: the unwelcome Tatars still mean to stay page
• Georgia: conl ict with Russia, South Ossetia, Abkhazia page
• Mexico: riot and rebellion in the state and city of Oaxaca page
• Africa: exporting health skills and retaining sickness page
• Behind the wardrobe: the secrets of the Ikea company page
• The functions of war: weakness and witch-hunts page