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The ruins of the Panguna mine (Photo courtesy of Madlemurs (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)
Papua New Guinea
Inching towards Independence: a bumpy road ahead for Bougainville
In last November’s referendum, with a turnout of 87,4 per cent, a staggering 97,7 per cent of Bougainvillean...
Italy
How the Curse of the Quorum Poisoned Democracy
In the last 20 years Italians could directly decide on 31 nationwide laws. But in 27 cases, including the...

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