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Najib Mikati’s mission impossible
By Karim Emile Bitar Speaking to an American audience in 1969, amid tensions…
World population day and Egypt
By Troy Carter Today is World Population Day, an event that was created…
A Europe of judges
By John O’Brennan MAYNOOTH, IRELAND: As the Greek financial drama reaches its sorry…
Lebanon’s new zero-sum government
By Franklin Lamb After nearly half a year of attempts to form a…
Hang together or hang them?
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: Opposites are attracted to Tahrir Square: Those who believe…
EDITORIAL: In Egypt, a second uprising
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: Egypt’s youth are once again taking matters into…
Europe without Turkey
By Ian Buruma AMSTERDAM: Most European citizens (for example, more than 60 percent…
The fate of minorities in the Arab Spring
By René Guitton From the shores of the Atlantic to the Persian Gulf,…
A PALESTINIAN VIEW: We are ready for freedom and independence
By Ghassan Khatib After its last meeting, the executive committee of the Palestine…