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Tsunami - five years on

Fragile planet: Five years on from the tsunami that wreaked devastation in the southernmost Indian state of Tamil Nadu, 59-year-old fisherman Soloman describes a life much poorer since 2004

Article photoRestorative justice halts slide into life of crime

Viewpoint: Young offenders in Peru find they have alternatives to jail time, reports Le Monde's Chrystelle Barbier

Article photoCombating loneliness with a memorable meal

NGOs and the festive season: Maggie Bailey explains why her whole family will be providing a meal for those experiencing some kind of mental distress this Christmas

Article photoTurkey: Reforms revive a silenced language

From the paper: Le Monde's Guillaume Perrier reports on a move by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s conservative Islamist government to reconcile the Turks with the Kurdish minority – by erecting bi-lingual road signs

Supporting victims of violence in Papua New Guinea

NGOS and the festive season: Annas Alamudi is a supply logistician who will spend Christmas working at a surgical project catering mainly to victims of violence in Papua New Guinea
 

Balance of power shifts to the east

Review of the year: Economies. Larry Elliott analyses a volatile 2009 – the year in which capitalism dodged the bullet and Asia took over from the US as the ­locomotive for the global economy

Touching Bangladesh's 'untouchables'

NGOS and the festive season: Bethan Cobley says she will be helping improve the lives of Dalit women in Bangladesh, who suffer from discrimination and abuse by virtue of their caste

Dealing with an invincible invader

Development: It is grown as a decorative plant in ponds of many English gardens, but is also one of the world’s most destructive weeds. Now, uses for water hyacinth are being sought across the tropical world, reports Georgina Kenyon

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