A Laboratory for Violence (Published 2010)
The southern city of Tyre, Lebanon, during the 2006 war with Israel.Credit...Tyler Hicks/The New York Times There are many ghosts in Beirut’s Martyrs Square, among them numerous courageous and outspoken Lebanese journalists. Samir Kassir, a political commentator and opponent of Syrian meddling in Lebanon, was murdered by car bomb in June 2005. A year earlier, he had summed up the Lebanese paradox
Karzai Is Said to Doubt West Can Defeat Taliban (Published 2010)
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two senior Afghan officials were showing President Hamid Karzai the evidence of the spectacular rocket attack on a nationwide peace conference earlier this month when Mr. Karzai told them that he believed the Taliban were not responsible. “The president did not show any interest in the evidence — none — he treated it like a piece of dirt,” said Amrullah Saleh, then the directo
Why Brazil and Turkey's nuclear deal with Iran is worse than useless.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan At first glance, it may seem that Brazil and Turkey had good reasons to oppose the U.N. Security Council’s sanctions against Iran and to push instead for a diplomatic solution that they’d already negotiated. At second glance, however, the reason is clearly a sham. T
Neda Agha-Soltan: 'She is dead but regime is still afraid of her'
Every Thursday just after midday Hajar Rostami leaves her small flat in the east of Tehran and makes the 12-mile journey to Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery on the outskirts of the Iranian capital. When she arrives the 48-year-old picks her way through the sea of tombs and headstones until she reaches the grave of her middle daughter, Neda Agha-Soltan. There are normally people gathering around the simple
Gazans pin hopes on Egypt border
Thousands of Gazans have rushed to the southern border in past week since Egypt said it would open the Rafah crossing daily following international pressure to relax the blockade of the tiny Palestinian territory. For many who have been penned into Gaza by walls and fences, Israeli gunboats at sea and drones overhead, it has been longed-for opportunity to reconnect with the outside world. Streams
Barbara Kingsolver: from witch hunt to winner
It was the winter of 2001, and the popular novelist Barbara Kingsolver was facing a deluge of hate mail. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks she had written a series of opinion pieces for US newspapers, urging contemplation and debate, and her ideas (the suggestion, for instance, that "in critical times, our leaders need most to be influenced by the moderating force of dissent") were proving seriously
Pentagon hunts WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in bid to gag website
American officials are searching for Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks in an attempt to pressure him not to publish thousands of confidential and potentially hugely embarrassing diplomatic cables that offer unfiltered assessments of Middle East governments and leaders. The Daily Beast, a US news reporting and opinion website, reported that Pentagon investigators are trying to track down Jul
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A High-Five for the Invisible Hand (Published 2010)
Leave No War Behind (Published 2010)
Why the Iran Sanctions Matter
Pakistan's New Networks of Terror
Priest faces criticism for shining light on human rights abuses in Colombia
'Still a long way to go' for U.S. operation in Marja, Afghanistan
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Turk Who Leads a Movement Has Advocates and Critics (Published 2010)
Gates Criticizes Turkey Vote Against Sanctions (Published 2010)
Moral Combat: A History of World War II by Michael Burleigh
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Iran protests: One-man video channel that is a thorn in Tehran's side
Police Kill Palestinian Driver in East Jerusalem (Published 2010)
Israelis Agree With Bibi
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Yuri Luzhkov, Moscow mayor with an iron grip, may be out of time
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Jaguars obsessed with Calvin Klein scent
Israel, U.S. agree on nature of Gaza flotilla probe
Gaza flotilla attack: activist releases new footage
MKs offer response to PA boycott