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4 GENEVA CONVENTIONS SIXTY YEARS ON 6 CHANGING WAR, CHANGING LAW Adam Roberts 9 SAFEGUARDING CIVILIANS Barbara Stocking 12 BEARING WITNESS Nik Gowing 16 ONLINE PROTESTS IN CHINA: Internet Manhunts Yiyi Lu 18 SRI LANKA AFTER THE TAMIL TIGER DEFEAT: Army Takes Over

Charu Lata Hogg 20 ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS: Getting it Settled Alon Ben-Meir 23 LIBYA – REVOLUTION FORTY YEARS ON: Living With Libya Molly Tarhuni 26 INTELLIGENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA: Spies Threaten Democracy Laurie Nathan 29 OIL – A YEAR AFTER PEAK PRICES: Dash for Survival Matthew Hulbert 30 G20 AND THE G8

CROWDING ROUND Erin Fitzgerald 32 G FORCE Paola Subacchi 34 GERMAN ELECTIONS: Hard Times Thomas Kielinger 37 ELECTIONS IN JAPAN: Poised for Power Jeff Kingston

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