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Cambridge attends U7+ Alliance global summit of Universities

12 Jul 2019

University of Cambridge Pro-Vice-Chancellor for International Relations Eilis Ferran attended the inaugural two-day Paris summit of the U7+ Alliance...

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Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 receives fuel

Syria airstrikes add another ‘exception’ to beleaguered parliamentary convention, say experts

30 Apr 2018

A new book launching in Cambridge today explores the parliamentary convention intended to allow MPs a vote on military action. The authors say that...

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Angolan civilians walking past the remains of tanks in 2004. Relics of the conflict still litter the Angolan countryside.

The war that fed itself - and the hollow democracy it left behind

14 Oct 2015

A new study using extensive eyewitness accounts re-examines the causes and legacy of Angola's brutal 27-year civil war, once described by the United...

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