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Real-life Lord of the Flies experiment led us up the warpath

14 February 2018

Muzafer Sherif’s notorious experiment with children is held up as proof that conflict is in our blood – but a look behind the scenes tells a different story
Meet the mafias making buckets of cash from illegal sand

Meet the mafias making buckets of cash from illegal sand

14 February 2018

Unregulated sand mining is a problem in at least 70 countries. It’s an easy, lucrative venture - and one with a violent underbelly

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