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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Observer (24th July, 2016) Does Terrorism Work by Richard English (Oxford University Press) Two decades ago I had tea with one of Ulster’s most infamous [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Independent (23rd November, 2015) France is not the only part of Europe under a state of emergency. All four power lines supplying electricity to two [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Spectator (July 13th, 2012) For centuries, the people of Timbuktu have sought guidance from their Sufi saints. They took pride in the mausoleums of these [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Independent (April 7th, 2012) Arriving in Timbuktu after a long, hot journey across the Sahara, you come to a striking monument to peace, with guns [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>MI6 role in Libyan rebels&#8217; rendition &#8216;helped to strengthen al-Qaida&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Guardian (October 25th) British intelligence believes the capture and rendition of two top Libyan rebel commanders, carried out with the involvement of MI6, strengthened al-Qaida [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The day that shook the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Observer (September 11th, 2011) The Eleventh Day by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan (Doubleday); The 9/11 Wars by Jason Burke (Allen Lane); Granta 116: Ten [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The troubling aftermath of Bin Laden&#8217;s killing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 15:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Mail on Sunday (May 8th, 2011) It was a scene familiar from coffee bars around the world. A student in designer clothes tapping away on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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