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Kate Farmer

Cutting to the chase

11.06.2012

France leans to the left

Reality Check: French elections, Spanish banks bailout, Euro 2012 and racism, portrait of Burma's Thein Sein, Rio +20 and biofuels.

08.06.2012
Annan and Ban

New conflicts need new solutions

Reality Check: Why a new approach is needed on Syria, homophobia in Russia, Egypt's new consitutional panel, Anti-Semitism in France, Euro 2012

Dizzee Rascal

Reality Check Special: The 13%

With global youth unemployment at 13%, and over 20% in Europe, young people are giving up on governments and looking for their own solutions.

06.06.2012
Abu Yahya al-Libi

Poland is booming, while the EU goes bust

Reality Check: The "Polish miracle", Abu Yahya al-Libi, Russia protest crackdown, Wisconsin Republican win, corruption group,

05.06.2012
Venustransit

Spain is not "another Greece"!

Reality Check: Spain's banking problems, fossil fuels and world security, Turkey's proposed abortion ban, church abuse, Venus transit.

01.06.2012
Plakat von Mubarak, das herunter gerissen wird

Mubarak verdict: justice or politics?

Realtiy Check: Mubarak trial, hunger conference, Syria-EU, Syria-US, 100% renewable energy in the future

31.05.2012

A Russian view of Syria

Reality Check: Russia's role in Syria, Quebec student protests, Ireland EU referendum, Oxfam's "Stop a bullet, stop a war" campaign, Euro 2012 and the Ukrainian measles outbreak

30.05.2012
Assange

Assange "has exhausted the UK legal system"

Reality Check: Assange extradition verdict, "Flame" malware, Charles Taylor verdict, Environmental solutions, AIDS in Ukraine

29.05.2012

Syria: is the time for talk well and truly over?

Reality Check: Kofi Annan in Syria, Suu Kyi on international trip, violence in Egypt, Saskia Sassen on social movements, fingers, face and character

25.05.2012
Wahlzettel Ägypten

Victory for democracy, but not the revolution

Reality Check: Egypt elections, project bonds, youth unemployment, Summer University for women, Euro 2012 and racism

24.05.2012
Ein schwarzhäutiges Kind

Colonial nostalgia and responsibilities

Reality Check: Congo from the inside, EU summit, Amnesty criticises UN Security Council, Syria and Lebanon, New species discovered.

22.05.2012
Thilo Sarazzin

Europe doesn't need the Euro

Reality Check: Thilo Sarazzin, Italy earthquake, Yemen bombings, Mexico drug cartels, Do Not Track

21.05.2012
Grinsender Mund von Tomislav Nikolic

Serbia steps to the right, but still looks west

Reality Check: Serbia presidential run-off, managing migration, NATO and Afghanistan, Colombia's peace enclave, trustworthy faces.

18.05.2012
Facebook-Like-Hand aus Stoff

Will the markets "like" Facebook?

Reality Check: Facebook flotation, Dalai Lama visits Austria, G8 in Camp David, Islamic sexual revolution, US gun culture.

15.05.2012
Francois Hollande

Can Hollande and Merkel work together?

Reality Check: Inauguration of Francois Hollande, transparency package, Rwanda genocide 18 years on, Palestinian hunger strike ends, the nervous breakdown of the American right.

14.05.2012
Drachmen

Plus ça change....

Reality Check: Greece and the Euro, South Sudan's humanitarian crisis, WWF report on the Living Planet, job discriminiation facing migrants in Austria, the ÖVP in the future.

11.05.2012
Lichtstreifen

Growth AND Austerity - can Greece have both?

Reality Check: How can Greece survive?, Serbia's new coalition, Egypt's presidential debate, Project Homophobia, Fair Trade Day - bananas

10.05.2012
Feuer

Al Qaeda and US on same side in Syria

Reality Check: Syria violence, hormones and politics, Obama supports gay marriage, student protests in Spain, MSF breaks partnership with ADA.

08.05.2012
Alexis Tsipras

Greece's political scene implodes

Reality Check: new elections likely in Greece, bomb plot foiled, Pirate Party founder Rick Falkvinger, direct democracy in Austria, the lord of the hover flies

07.05.2012
Francois Hollande

Who'll miss Sarkozy?

Reality Check: Hollande and the EU, Greek elections, Putin inauguration, Serbia elections, Mexican youth orchestra takes on drug cartels.

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