Matt McAllester

GlobalPost

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Matt McAllester serves GlobalPost in the United Kingdom. McAllester joined Newsday (NY), as a reporter in 1994 and, in 1999, was appointed Middle East correspondent and was the paper's UN correspondent until 2007. He has covered conflicts in the Balkans, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Iraq, Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Nigeria and other countries. McAllester is the author of two books about the wars in Kosovo and Iraq and his writing on conflict has appeared in several other books. His forthcoming memoir, "Bittersweet: Lessons from my Mother's Kitchen," will be published by the Dial Press in summer 2009. He is a contributing editor for Details magazine in New York, has written for National Geographic Adventure magazine, the Observer and the Times of London and has made two documentaries as the reporter/presenter for Channel 4's "Unreported World" series. McAllester's journalism awards include three Overseas Press Club of America citations; a staff award for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting; the Asia Society's Osborn Elliott Award 2006 for Excellence in Asian Journalism; the Medill School of Journalism Medal of Courage 2004; and the George Plimpton Feature Writing Award 2004.

Kosovo's Mafia: A hotbed of human trafficking

Part III: Allegations of sexual slavery reach the highest levels of the Kosovo government.

Kosovo's Mafia: A hotbed of human trafficking

Kosovo's Mafia: Assassinations and intimidation

Kosovo's Mafia: Assassinations and intimidation

Kosovo's Mafia: How the US and allies ignore allegations of organized crime at the highest levels of a new democracy

Kosovo's Mafia: How the US and allies ignore allegations of organized crime at the highest levels of a new democracy

Surviving a massacre

Surviving a massacre
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Ramiro remembers: key witness in Guatemala massacre

Ramiro remembers: key witness in Guatemala massacre
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US rounds up Guatemalans accused of war crimes

One works as a cook. Another as a karate teacher. They are accused of war crimes in Guatemala — yet they've been living in the US for years.

US rounds up Guatemalans accused of war crimes
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US, Bosnia catch up on war criminal prosecutions

Marko Boskic has been extradited to Bosnia to face charges.

US, Bosnia catch up on war criminal prosecutions
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Inside a world-class ring of diamond thieves

Exclusive: Matt McAllester talks with "Pink Panthers" about spectacular heists estimated at $350 million.

Inside a world-class ring of diamond thieves
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Israel: the enemy within

Teenage Jewish boys claim West Bank hilltops as their own.

Israel: the enemy within
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Israel's enemy within: Palestinian militants gird for battle

Part 3: Tensions rise between Palestinians and Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

Israel's enemy within: Palestinian militants gird for battle
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Israel's enemy within: A community on the edge

Part 2: The West Bank settlement of Kfar Tapuach, home to many followers of Meir Kahane

Israel's enemy within: A community on the edge
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Israel's enemy within: A rising militancy from the Jewish settlements

Part 1: Jewish terror from the Biblical lands of Israel

Israel's enemy within: A rising militancy from the Jewish settlements
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Bittersweet: Palestinian home cooking

The best Palestinian food can only be found at home — or at Tanoreen in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

Bittersweet: Palestinian home cooking
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Bittersweet: Persepolis returns to normal

But the khoresht fesenjan at this Persian restaurant is as good as in Iran.

Bittersweet: Persepolis returns to normal
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Bittersweet: A restaurant for Yugoslav nostalgia

Kafana, in the East Village, serves Serbian specialties and welcomes Serbs, Croats and Bosnians alike.

Bittersweet: A restaurant for Yugoslav nostalgia