Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Second Coming of Khomeini
The grandson of the Islamic Republic's founder is entering the political fray in Tehran — and could just be President Rouhani's savior.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Putin’s No-Spin Zone
Russian political talk shows have become circuses of angry pensioners, cornered liberals, and camo-clad Ukrainian rebels. And they’re more popular than ever.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Unraveling of Jacob Zuma
South Africa’s president just sacked two finance ministers in a week. Now many in his own party are questioning whether he should still be in charge.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Finland’s Santa-Industrial Complex
Many countries have claimed to be the official home of Father Christmas. But only Finland has Santa’s elves cranking out tourism gold.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Ghosts of Refugees Past
On the small Greek island of Lesbos, thousands of Syrians are arriving each day. But will empathy for an earlier flood of refugees trump the fear of being overrun?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 León: The Professional
Meet the man behind Libya’s peace deal. But did he become entangled in the same networks of money and power that have plagued this war-torn country?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From Gucci Grace to President Mugabe?
Zimbabwe’s wildly unpopular first lady is making a play to succeed her husband as president. She might know something about his health that the rest of us don’t.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 African Union Set to Deploy 5,000 Peacekeepers in Burundi
With the small Central African country spiraling toward chaos, the AU may be about to make an unprecedented decision to force a peacekeeping mission.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Really Happened on Burundi’s Bloody Friday
The government says it entered a neighborhood looking for rebels. Residents say they were looking for revenge.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Joan of Dark
Meet Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, the 26-year-old scion of France’s far-right dynasty. Can she lead her party away from its darkest impulses?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Burundi Crisis Escalates as Military Bases Attacked
The small central African country experienced its worst day of fighting in months. But rumors of genocide are still just that.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 No Foreign Aid, No Peace in South Sudan
South Sudan’s leaders tore their country apart. Now they want Western donors to pay to put it back together again.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Who Is Going to Pay to Save the World?
As the Paris climate talks wind down, success is riding on whether the world can agree on how to split the check.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Syrians Stuck in No Man’s Land
Twelve thousand refugees are battling disease and exhaustion in a barren stretch of desert along the Jordanian-Syrian border.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The End of Coal*
As the world finalizes a plan in Paris to fight climate change, the future of coal is looking grim. *But it might be a long slow death.
