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IT WAS 10 minutes after the time arranged for lunch with one of President Robert Mugabe’s ministers and I had no idea whether the next person through the door would be him or someone from the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Zimbabwe’s feared secret police. Not only was I working without a permit – punishable with two years in jail – but I

A slightly unhinged man was caught up in a foiled terrorist attack in Scotland. His unconventional reaction during TV interviews fuelled a massive web debate. Despite the role of the so-called New Media in creating cult status for the man, John Smeaton, could it be the traditional, mainstream press who help him achieve official recognition?

Encapsulated for decades now by his court of servitors, armed soldiers, undercover agents and thick swathes of 'privileged' front-line followers surrounding him, Sathya Sai Baba shows how completely out of touch he is with the conditions under which ordinary Indians have to live.