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Robert Fisk

Robert Fisk's World: The German Lawrence of Arabia had much to live up to – and failed

The victors write the history, so Frobenius's adventures are today virtually unknown

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Robert Fisk: America is performing its familiar role of propping up a dictator

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

As in Vietnam, Karzai is going to rule over an equally tiny island of corruption

Robert Fisk’s World: The truth about the Middle East is buried beneath the headlines

Saturday, 31 October 2009

News bureau chiefs in Cairo know who their local spies are but can’t dismiss them

Robert Fisk’s World: Beirut's history can't be reduced to a mere 'heritage trail'

Saturday, 24 October 2009

The Romans were here. The Crusaders were here, and then the Muslims came

An Nahar campaigned against plans to rebuild downtown Beirut

End of an era for Lebanon's free press

Thursday, 22 October 2009

Robert Fisk: Once a bastion of journalistic independence, Beirut's newspapers are losing their edge.

Robert Fisk’s World: You don't need colour to see the full bloody horror of war

Saturday, 17 October 2009

I took black-and-white pictures of the Bosnian war to bleed colour out of the world

Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinians in Qalandyia, south of Ramallah, on the West Bank

Obama, man of peace? No, just a Nobel prize of a mistake

Sunday, 11 October 2009

Robert Fisk: The US president received an award in the faint hope that he will succeed in the future. That's how desperate the Middle East situation has become.

The right photographer can strip a leader's power

Saturday, 10 October 2009

Robert Fisk: Karsh of Ottawa was not afraid to make his sitter into a clown.

Armenians hold a candle light protest in Lebanon

Armenians horrified

Thursday, 8 October 2009

Robert Fisk: A new trade deal with Turkey is set to gloss over the genocide of 1.5m people.

Robert Fisk: A financial revolution with profound political implications

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

Such large financial movements will have major political effects in the Middle East

Iran announced late last month that its foreign currency reserves would henceforth be held in euros rather than dollars.

The demise of the dollar

Tuesday, 6 October 2009

Robert Fisk: Arab states have launched secret moves with China, Russia and France to stop using the US currency for oil trading.

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