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Class acts – Colombia
News Report

Class acts – Colombia

In the poor south side of Bogotá, many children don’t have access to a good education. Monocle meets two people trying to improve things. 14.09.11
Good in a crisis
News Report

Good in a crisis

Greece’s finances are in a dire state. In Athens though, there’s a group of people starting creative enterprises and cultural centres – even new hotels. 27.07.11
Japan – building for the future
News Report

Japan – building for the future

Two months after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the Tohoku region of Japan, the nation is beginning to pick up the pieces. 18.05.11
Baku
Reportage

Baku

Baku’s skyline is marking out the Azerbaijani capital as a city for the 21st century, with its five-star hotels and Zaha Hadid-designed arts centre, but there’s still much work to do to combat its 20th-century culture of fear and rampant corruption. 06.10.10
Full speed ahead
Reportage

Full speed ahead

Until this year, the idea that Americans could enjoy European or Japanese-style train service was dismissed as a boutique cause of cosmopolitan columnists and futurist dreamers. 17.06.09
Top 25 Most Liveable Cities 2009
Special Edition

Top 25 Most Liveable Cities 2009

Where are the top 25 places in the world to call home? Listen to our countdown of the metropolises on the move and cities on the slide. 14.06.09
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2009Fullstopvolume 02
February2009
BUSINESS REPORT
Peace and prosperity - Arbil

Arbil in Iraqi Kurdistan has escaped the worst of the war raging across the rest of the country.

AFFAIRS REPORT
Wealth and safety - São Paulo

In 1974 residents started moving to AlphaVille, Sao Paulo's first gated community.

2008Fullstopvolume 02
December/January2008
AFFAIRS REPORT
Q&A - Ritt Bjerregaard

Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Denmark

AFFAIRS REPORT
Game on - Global

In October 2009 four cities around the world will hear if they are to host the Olympic Games in 2016.

2008Fullstopvolume 02
November2008
AFFAIRS REPORT
On the edge - Khabarovsk

Five years ago, one of Khabarovsk's main exports was its women, who went to work as prostitutes in Japan.

BUSINESS REPORT
Harboured dreams - Trieste

Italy's Trieste, population 208,552, has ambitions to return to its former glory as a wealthy trading port, luring start-ups with its enviable location and high quality of life (you're more likely to live to 100 in Trieste than in any other part of Italy)

 
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