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Yoani Sanchez

The Russians, Back in Cuba With Their MasterCards

Yoani Sanchez | Posted May 31, 2012

The plane touches down in the middle of a Havana night and tourists pass through the international airport terminal where dozens of Cubans offer them taxis, rooms for rent, rum or mulatas. A young man approaches a short, dumpy visitor and, squatting close to his ear, asks, "Mister, you like...

Eva Smets

Justice for "Bush Wives": The ICC and Bosco Ntaganda

Eva Smets | Posted May 31, 2012

In March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted Thomas Lubanga, a former Congolese rebel commander, for conscripting, enlisting and using children under the age of 15. The landmark judgment has stirred up events from the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the courtrooms in The Hague.

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Jonathan Granoff

NATO Looks Backward, Nobel Peace Laureates Look Forward to Youth

Jonathan Granoff | Posted May 31, 2012

Co-written by Mr. Pavel Palazhchenko, adviser to President Mikhail Gorbachev

NATO's Heads of State and Government met in Chicago on May 20 and 21. A few weeks earlier, April 23-25, the Nobel Peace Laureates gathered there for their annual summit. A city that could carry the messages of both of...

Nick Turse

A Drone-Eat-Drone World

Nick Turse | Posted May 31, 2012

With Its “Roadmap” in Tatters, The Pentagon Detours to Terminator Planet

U.S. military documents tell the story vividly.  In the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of West Africa, an unmanned mini-submarine deployed from the USS Freedom detects an “anomaly”: another small remotely-operated sub with welding capabilities...

Anders Lorenzen

Norway: The Oil State

Anders Lorenzen | Posted May 31, 2012

Welcome to Norway, home to a proud people who enjoy telling the myth about how they cheated their rival and neighbor Denmark by, despite owning very little of the North Sea oil, getting the then-Danish minister drunk on Norwegian snaps and signing the majority over to them.

It's the...

Hani Almadhoun

Finding Law in Lawless Gaza

Hani Almadhoun | Posted May 31, 2012

When I was in Gaza, I was amazed with how local family councils were able to establish rules and handle situations that some of us in the United States might expect the state or police to deal with. Each family in Gaza has an elder who represents them, speaks on...

Mark Joaquin Ruiz

An Economic Revolution Driven by Microentrepreneurs

Mark Joaquin Ruiz | Posted May 31, 2012

Here in the World Economic Forum on East Asia, Bangkok, the conference theme is Shaping the Region's Future through Connectivity:

"The 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) together form an important strategic and economic region with a combined population of over 600 million, a...

Robert Scheer

Hope Burning

Robert Scheer | Posted May 31, 2012

So now we have Rambo Obama, a steely warrior who, according to a lengthy leaked insider account in the New York Times, hurls death-dealing drones at anyone who threatens the good old USA. Including children. Those children are presumed guilty by virtue of proximity, and the Times plays...

Adel Iskandar

Egyptians Bend Over Backwards for a President

Adel Iskandar | Posted May 30, 2012

Being a non-smoker in Cairo is a tiring experience, never mind the inhalation of suffocating fumes from vehicle exhausts and hovering industrial smog or the annual mass combustion rice grains that sends a colossal billowing cloud over the city. Never mind the lack of concern and consideration for clean air...

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt

Is the Medieval Blood Libel Alive and Well?

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt | Posted May 30, 2012

There was a time when it was socially acceptable, even rewarding, to spread hateful invective about Jews being directly responsible for the death of infants in order to observe their archaic, bloodthirsty rituals. There was a time when it was considered so socially acceptable that even elected officials, representatives of...

Daoud Kuttab

Is Mideast Peace Around the Corner or Far Away?

Daoud Kuttab | Posted May 30, 2012

The question seemed simple. A European official wanted to know if the peace was just around the corner, or far away.

On the surface of it, one can tick off a number of positive signals. Palestinian and Israeli negotiators recently exchanged letters outlying their various political positions...

Otaviano Canuto

Diamonds May Be Forever, Natural Resource Wealth Is Not

Otaviano Canuto | Posted May 30, 2012

Imagine a low-income country in the developing world suddenly discovering a large endowment of natural resources within its borders. Perhaps a large oil reserve is found just offshore, or a deposit of valuable natural minerals is uncovered just below the earth's surface. Surely, such a discovery would be a blessing,...

Natasha Tynes

A Christian Jordanian Sues for Her Rights. Will Others Follow?

Natasha Tynes | Posted May 30, 2012

An important story happened in Jordan in the last few days. A Jordanian woman by the name of Vivian Salameh, who happened to belong to the four percent Christian minority in the country, sued her employer for imposing the headscarf on her as part of their uniform.

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Abraham H. Foxman

Tehran and Baghdad: Changing the Nuclear Dynamic

Abraham H. Foxman | Posted May 30, 2012

No one knows what Israel's actual intentions are regarding Iran and its nuclear program. How much of what Israeli leaders say reflects their real intentions and how much is intended to goad the international community to action is unknown. The revelation of the sophisticated computer virus known as

Rahilla Zafar

Women Leaders of the Middle East: Thousands Rally in Saudi Arabia to Raise Awareness of Breast Cancer

Rahilla Zafar | Posted May 30, 2012

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Courtesy of the Saudi Gazette


Breast cancer activism in Saudi Arabia has helped spark a cultural revolution bringing thousands of women together to help raise awareness. Earlier this month, 11 Saudi women climbed Mount Everest as part of a public...

Stephen Zunes

Bipartisan Assault on Middle East Peace

Stephen Zunes | Posted May 30, 2012

Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed a dangerous piece of legislation (H.R. 4133) which would undermine the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, weaken Israeli moderates and peace advocates, undercut international law, further militarize the Middle East, and make Israel ever more dependent on the United States.

The margin...

Marcelo Giugale

A Latin Solution to an African Problem

Marcelo Giugale | Posted May 30, 2012

Fifteen years ago, Mexico did something that, until then, only rich countries had dared to do -- it began to transfer cash directly to its poor. The payments were conditional: the recipients had to help themselves by keeping their children in school and vaccinating them. Today, some 70 developing countries...

Moriel Rothman

A Silwan Story: Palestinian Child Arrested, Abused by Israeli Authorities and Barred From Finishing 9th Grade

Moriel Rothman | Posted May 30, 2012

Someone is pounding on the door. It is 3:45 a.m. The pounding gets louder. The father goes to open the door, and immediately they enter: two men dressed in civilian clothes, flanked by police officers bearing heavy guns. They go straight towards the boy, who has pulled on a baggy...

Anne-Marie O'Connor

2012: The Year of Gustav Klimt?

Anne-Marie O'Connor | Posted May 30, 2012

Vienna is proclaiming 2012 to be the year of Gustav Klimt, its most famous painter.

But as Austrian tourist officials invite the world to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birthday of this early modernist, some of his most spectacular portraits and landscapes are missing from the walls of Austrian...

Alex Matthews

South Africa's Ruling Party Will Fail to Quash Freedom of Expression

Alex Matthews | Posted May 30, 2012

Several weeks ago, controversy ignited in South Africa when a Johannesburg gallery opened an exhibition by artist Brett Murray featuring The Spear -- a painting which depicted Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa (and its ruling party, the ANC), with his genitals exposed.

There has been much gnashing...

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