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4 IRAQ:THE REFUGEES: The Other SurgeAlastair Campbell

7 IRAQ: INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE: Massive Movement Shirouk Aalabayachi and Robert Lowe

9 BIRD FLU: Flu Fatigue JohnOxford

EDITOR Graham Walker

ASSISTANT EDITOR Alison Couldridge

DESIGNER Martin Colyer

DATABASEMichael Farrell

INTERNSerena Stone

12 LAND MINES AND CLUSTER BOMBS: Spirit of Diana Alex Vines

15 HUMAN RIGHTS:Right for You, Right for Us? Sonya Sceats

18 POLAND:Separating Twins Robin Shepherd

20TOWARDS A LOW-CARBON FUTURE: CHINA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: Cut the Carbon Bernice Lee and Nick Mabey

23 WORLD CREDIT CRISIS:More Than August Blues Paola Subacchi

25CENTRAL AFRICA:Fragile Frontier Toby Lanzer

28ARGENTINA:A Political Dynasty is Born Paulo Wrobel

30AUSTRALIA:Old Friend, New Friend Keith Suter

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