Paul McGeough

Paul McGeough

Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Coalition of the unwilling to understand

Paul McGeough With apologies to film director Ken Kwapis, they're just not that into us. We're talking about Afghans.

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In the US, the gun lobby calls the shots

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Paul McGeough It didn't take long for a would-be copycat of last week's Colorado mass killer to emerge.

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Authoritarian habits prove hard to break

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Paul McGeough If the rise of the Egyptian Islamists gives us a few laughs, the refusal by the Cairo generals to relinquish power is the stuff of tears.

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US exit creates army ripe for recruitment

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Paul McGeough Numbers coming out of Afghanistan often are scary but try wrapping your head around this one - 123,500.