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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Dennis

Guardian Weekly: 06.03.08

Israeli troops have left Gaza after five days of intense fighting with Hamas militants killed more than 100 Palestinians. Rory McCarthy reports.

It was trailed as Super Tuesday Two, crucial primary elections in Texas and Ohio that would decide whether Hillary Clinton would remain in the race for the Democratic nomination. Ewen MacAskill reports from Texas and Suzanne Goldenberg from Ohio.

Tensions between South American neighbours Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela threaten to erupt into violent conflict. The Guardian's Latin America correspondent Rory McCarthy reports on Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez's role in the dispute.

Xan Rice reports on the unexpected power-sharing deal between president Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga that many hope will end the worst violence in Kenya since independence.

Jim Falzarano, assistant editor of Guardian Weekly, talks about what's in this week's edition of the paper.

Barbara Stocking, head of Oxfam UK, talks to Guardian Weekly deputy editor Charlotte Thompson about the charity's attempts to reinvent the NGO for the 21st century.

Robert Tait asks whether the state visit to Iraq by Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was a propaganda coup or a fresh start between the two countries after years of tension.

Paul Hamilos reports on Spain's upcoming elections, as current prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero faces accusations that he is weak on the economy, on illegal immigration and Basque separatism.

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