Pope Benedict XVI goes to war with 'atheist extremism'
Benedict XVI used the first papal state visit to Britain to launch a blistering attack on "atheist extremism" and "aggressive secularism", and to rue the damage that "the exclusion of God, religion and virtue from public life" had done in the last century. The leader of the Roman Catholic church concluded a speech, made before the Queen and assembled dignitaries at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in E
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Why Jeffrey Goldberg Sits With the Self-Styled “Friends of Israel”
Self-Criticism from an Israeli, American, and Orthodox Jewish Perspective For liberal-hawk supporters of Israel like Jeffrey Goldberg (and Alan Dershowitz and Marty Peretz and a host of other Democrats forty-four and over), the last years have been difficult. They blink uncomprehendingly at how the Jewish state has increasingly been "abandoned" by the left and by liberals. They are personally unco
Karachi shut down after killing of exile Imran Farooq
Security forces were deployed on the streets of Karachi after the murder to maintain order Pakistan's largest city has come to a near standstill following the killing in London of an exiled leader of the powerful Muttahida Qaumi Movement. MQM supporters have gathered in Karachi to mourn Imran Farooq, who was stabbed outside his home on Thursday afternoon. A BBC correspondent in the city says the s
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The US Republicans have created a Frankenstein monster | Michael Tomasky
Karl Rove and the neocons were the inspiration for the Tea Party. But they've lost control and now it threatens to overwhelm them Carl Paladino stood at the victory podium and bellowed: "Tonight the ruling class knows. They have seen it now. There is a people's revolution." Paladino, the Tea Party-backed candidate whom New York Republicans nominated for governor on Tuesday, crushed his establishme
Number of Americans living in poverty 'increases by 4m'
The number of Americans with health insurance declined, forcing many to line up at free clinics One in seven Americans was living in poverty in 2009 with the level of working-age poor the highest since the 1960s, the US Census Bureau says. The number of people in poverty increased by nearly 4m - to 43.6m - between 2008 and 2009, officials said. The bureau defines poverty as any family of four livi
Israeli forces kill West Bank Hamas commander
Israeli forces have shot dead a local Hamas military commander in the north of the occupied West Bank. Iyad Shilbaya, a commander of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, was killed during a raid to arrest him, the Israeli military said. Hamas's military wing said it was responsible for the killing at the end of August of four Jewish settlers in the West Bank. It is not clear whether Shilbaya was a sus
日本の為替介入「原因は元安」、米議員ら不快感示す
都内で、日本の為替介入によって急上昇する日経平均株価を示す電光掲示板（2010年9月15日撮影）。(c)AFP/Kazuhiro NOGI 【9月16日 AFP】日本が6年ぶりに単独での為替介入に踏み切ったことで15日、米議員の間では、16日に人民元問題に関して議会証言を行うティモシー・ガイトナー（Timothy Geithner）財務長官に対する圧力が高まっている。ワシントンD.C.では中国が人民元相場を操作しているとして切り上げ要求が強まっているが、一部の議員から、日本の市場介入は元安への対応だとの見方が出ているためだ。 米下院歳入委員会のサンダー・レビン（Sander Levin）委員長は15日、「為替政策で暴利をむさぼっているのは中国だけではない」と発言。日本の介入は「非常に憂慮すべきだ」と述べた。その上で、日本政府の動きは、中国の為替政策によって日本の輸出に悪影響が出ているためで
亡命パキスタン元議員、ロンドン自宅前で刺殺される
ロンドンで会見する、ムータヒダ民族運動（Muttahida Qaumi Movement party、MQM）」の創設メンバーで元パキスタン国会議員のイムラン・ファルーク（Imran Farooq）氏（1999年9月9日撮影）。(c)AFP 【9月17日 AFP】英国で亡命生活を送っていたパキスタンの元国会議員が16日夕方、ロンドン（London）・エッジウェア（Edgware）の自宅前で何者かに刺され、殺害された。 殺害されたのは、パキスタン・シンド（Sindh）州で連立与党を組む「ムータヒダ民族運動（Muttahida Qaumi Movement party、MQM）」の創設メンバーで、元国会議員のイムラン・ファルーク（Imran Farooq）氏（50）。 ロンドン警視庁によると、午後5時半（日本時間17日午前2時半）ごろ人が襲われたとの通報があり、急行した警察官が瀕死（ひんし）の
Pakistani politician Imran Farooq murdered in London
An exiled Pakistani politician has been murdered outside his home in north London, leaders of his party have said. Imran Farooq, a senior member of the MQM party who has been in London since 1999, was attacked in Green Lane, Edgware, on Thursday evening. The Metropolitan Police said a 50-year-old man had died after suffering multiple stab wounds and head injuries. The investigation into his death
Chechen separatist leader Zakayev arrested in Poland
Akhmed Zakayev is surrounded by police and media as the BBC's Tom Esslemont explains what is known about the arrest Chechen separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev has been arrested in Poland after travelling there to attend a two-day Chechen congress. Police questioned him for six hours after acting on an international warrant issued by Russia which wants him extradited on terrorism charges. He was stop
A System Afraid of Its Own History (Published 2010)
BEIJING — Fan Meizhong remembers exactly what inspired him to become a teacher after graduating from Peking University’s history department in 1997. “My own history classes at school were so oppressive,” he said. “It wasn’t about pursuing the truth, but about controlling our minds. I felt my education was a waste, and it made me really mad.” So Mr. Fan, now 38, decided to tackle the problem head o
Sun, sea and grit: Israeli and West Bank women risk jail for day at the beach
The day starts early, at a petrol station alongside a roaring Jerusalem road. The mood among the 15 Israeli women is a little tense, but it's hardly surprising – they're about to break the law and with it one of the country's taboos. They plan to drive into the occupied West Bank, pick up Palestinian women and children and take them on a day trip to Tel Aviv. Today's is the second such trip – anot
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