How to Lose Nigeria and Alienate Africa
Nigeria may have problems, but it is not the world's next hotbed of extremism. Muslims and Christians there have forged a mostly harmonious co-existence that is rare and desirable.
Nigeria may have problems, but it is not the world's next hotbed of extremism. Muslims and Christians there have forged a mostly harmonious co-existence that is rare and desirable.
Posted 01.07.2010 | World
International Living has released their 30th annual Quality of Life Index, which attempts to answer the question of what is the best place in the worl...
Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics
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Leslie Harris | Posted 01.06.2010 | Technology
Given the power of Bono's platform and his voice, it's all the more distressing when he urges U.S. Internet service providers to adopt Chinese government tactics in order to combat illegal file sharing.
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David Harris | Posted 01.01.2010 | World
In the wake of the thwarted terrorist attempt on Northwest Flight 253, it's time to revisit the Israeli model of airport security, as other countries ask what more can be done to prevent such near-catastrophes.
Robert Amsterdam | Posted 12.30.2009 | World
Brazil is impressive to international observers for its economic growth, low inflation, and firmly established democratic institutions. But the question remains: what kind role in the world does Brazil want to play?
Linda Milazzo | Posted 01.02.2010 | Los Angeles
Monday night, in remembrance of the one-year anniversary of Israel's Operation Cast Lead that killed 1,400 Gazans, and in solidarity with the 1,400 in...
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.28.2009 | World
What is described in a Financial Times article as Obama's "reserve" and Sarkozy's being "intuitive, impulsive and direct," represents not only a contrast, but also how the two have been influenced by different backgrounds.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 12.28.2009 | World
I experienced the rebirth of the hope, excitement and magic of this holiday -- and of all places, where it came together for this resurrection was at the Wafi Mall in Dubai.
Joe Cirincione | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics
Stephen Colbert's plan to string a microscopically thin razor along our entire border is brutal, indiscriminate, dangerous... and smarter than the nuclear defense we now have.
Politics Daily | David Wood | Posted 12.21.2009 | World
Some international contractors, hired by the United States to build roads and other large construction projects in Afghanistan, are paying Taliban ins...
AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 12.19.2009 | New York
RIO DE JANEIRO — A New Jersey man made an emotional plea Friday for Brazilian authorities to let him take his son home in a custody fight that i...
Jim Wallis | Posted 12.17.2009 | Business
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David Doniger | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green
The U.S. and China each need to do one more thing to give one another, and rest of the world, the confidence to move forward in Copenhagen
AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green
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Rahim Kanani | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics
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AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | World
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Noah Mallin | Posted 12.02.2009 | Technology
Why not reach Independents at a place where most people turn to when they are seeking more information? That is, online, through search engines.
Cheryle Jackson | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago
It's time for America to bring our troops and money home. This should be the last holiday season our troops are separated from their families.
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