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Fears that the Egypt’s conservative Muslim Brotherhood has hijacked the secular Arab Spring revolution of 2011 were premature and the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood staged an anti-Israel rally in Cairo....
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The gentrification of rundown city neighbourhoods in a matter of anxiety and outrage worldwide as well as in Vancouver. But in Berlin what started as a joke about yuppie newcomers has developed into a...
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signs draft constitution.Zimbabwe’s president of 33 years, Robert Mugabe, on Wednesday signed a new constitution which many believe offers the southern African country...
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The ultimate responsibility for recent atrocities like the Boston marathon bombing and the butchering last week of an off-duty British soldier is very clear. It belongs to Saudi Arabia. Over more than...
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Both on the battlefield and in the corridors of diplomacy the civil war in Syria has begun to go the way of besieged President Bashar al-Assad. His troops are gaining ground against rebels in the south...
View ArticleTurkey: Riots and Unrest
The suicide of a Tunisian fruit vendor was the unlikely spark for the underlying anger and discontent that exploded into the Arab Spring, but in Turkey it is a highly symbolic piece of urban planning...
View ArticleTiananmen Square
In the 24 years since Chinese troops crushed pro-reform demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and other city centres, the late-night vigil every June 4 in Hong Kong has become an affirmation of...
View ArticleCalifornia Super Power Summit
China’s President Xi Jinping and his American counterpart Barack Obama begin two days of meetings in California with hopes of avoiding the historic conflicts between rising and established super powers...
View ArticleCambodia’s Hun Sen
Hun Sen has ruled Cambodia since 1985 and one of his favourite campaign tactics is to warn voters there will be civil war if they are foolish enough to defeat him. His threats are not to be taken...
View ArticleEgypt’s judges confront agenda
Fears that the Egypt’s conservative Muslim Brotherhood has hijacked the secular Arab Spring revolution of 2011 were premature and the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood staged an anti-Israel rally in Cairo....
View ArticleTerritorial Dispute
Family members cry around the body of Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng. AP Photo Why and where Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng was killed last week is still unclear, but his death is a brutally...
View ArticleThe Gentrification of Berlin
The gentrification of rundown city neighbourhoods in a matter of anxiety and outrage worldwide as well as in Vancouver. But in Berlin what started as a joke about yuppie newcomers has developed into a...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s New Constitution
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signs draft constitution.Zimbabwe’s president of 33 years, Robert Mugabe, on Wednesday signed a new constitution which many believe offers the southern African country...
View ArticleSaudi Funding Fuels Jihadist Terror
The ultimate responsibility for recent atrocities like the Boston marathon bombing and the butchering last week of an off-duty British soldier is very clear. It belongs to Saudi Arabia. Over more than...
View ArticleA Shift in Syria’s War
Both on the battlefield and in the corridors of diplomacy the civil war in Syria has begun to go the way of besieged President Bashar al-Assad. His troops are gaining ground against rebels in the south...
View ArticleTurkey: Riots and Unrest
The suicide of a Tunisian fruit vendor was the unlikely spark for the underlying anger and discontent that exploded into the Arab Spring, but in Turkey it is a highly symbolic piece of urban planning...
View ArticleTiananmen Square
In the 24 years since Chinese troops crushed pro-reform demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and other city centres, the late-night vigil every June 4 in Hong Kong has become an affirmation of...
View ArticleCalifornia Super Power Summit
China’s President Xi Jinping and his American counterpart Barack Obama begin two days of meetings in California with hopes of avoiding the historic conflicts between rising and established super powers...
View ArticleCambodia’s Hun Sen
Hun Sen has ruled Cambodia since 1985 and one of his favourite campaign tactics is to warn voters there will be civil war if they are foolish enough to defeat him. His threats are not to be taken...
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