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Comment: Iraq needs ‘oil for peace’ deal

Perhaps the most useful parting gift the coalition could leave for future Iraqi governments is a practical model for renewal of the oil sector, writes Nick Butler

Masses absent from Gaddafi’s glorification

The Libyan leader calls his country ‘the great state of the masses’, but his people suffer impoverished lifestyles, with poor public services, broken streets and no political rights, and were excluded from recent celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the colonel’s rule

Opinion: Israel on firmer ground against Hamas

This war is about restoring deterrence – and especially the credibility of the defence forces after their unimpressive performance in 2006, writes Lawrence Freedman