What's the beef in South Korea?
At the outset of the ongoing violent protests in South Korea over…
Don't cry for Doha
Will they or won't they? Will the world's trade ministers eventually sign…
Muslims, Jews and the free speech debate
Last year, a Spanish court found two cartoonists guilty of offending the…
Down with UNAIDS, up with health
As the biennial international AIDS industry conference (Aug. 3-8) gathers 25,000 delegates…
Can Syria be taken seriously?
Syrian President Bashar Assad appears to be serious about pursuing peace.But just…
China's triumph of the will
When the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games begins in a…
Hard Talk: A corruption case, first and foremost
The judge who acquitted the defendants in the case of Al-Salam 98…
The knife's-edge economy
Since 2003, I have been saying that the global economy is badly…
Corruption and occupation
Police investigations, commissions of inquiry examining the errors committed during the Lebanon…