from Haaratz
The June vote to replace President Ahmadinejad has created some unusual allies and could influence the nuclear talks between Tehran and the West.
Jan 292013
Jan 292013
from Haaratz
Study, conducted by Italian and American researchers, warns land grabbing could cause environmental, economic damage….
Jan 282013
from deSmogBlog
Earlier this week, a Craigslist posting popped up that had that fresh stink of industry astroturf. The posting, listed for New York City, was from a mysterious company known only as “Ovation,” who was looking to hire “volunteers” to protest the construction of wind farms in Scotland and England. The protest is to take place in front of the British Consulate in Manhattan on January 30…
Jan 282013
from The Independent
Middle East correspondent writes on the Bouteflika regime, Pentagon folly, the many faces of Assad, and precious lessons from and old handbook in his Beirut briefcase.
Jan 282013
from Al Jazeera
Former pariah state also clears arrears with World Bank, removing another key hurdle for resumption of foreign aid….
Jan 282013
from Al Jazeera
Prime Minister Medvedev says Syrian president's chances of keeping power are getting "smaller and smaller" as war rages…
Jan 242013
from Haaretz
Netanyahu and Lapid complement each other, if the two of them can get the better of themselves, conquer their evil inclinations and build mutual trust, they could be a pretty good leadership team….
Jan 232013
from Democracy Now
To mark the third anniversary of the massive 2010 Haiti earthquake, we continue our conversation with Jonathan Katz, author of The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster. He was the only full-time American reporter in Haiti when the earthquake struck Port-au-Prince. In his new book, he examines explains where the massive international relief effort in Haiti went wrong.
Jan 232013
from The Toronto Star
Beltzner. Renzella. Beecher.
Those are the three former ORNGE officials who approved the payments that funded Dr Chris Mazza’s lavish lifestyle….
Jan 222013
from The Independent
Her lawyers argued she is suffering from mental health problems and that she had been used as a mule by traffickers…