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"Reflect circles" of adults cooperate to tackle development projects

Caracas (Venezuela) | 31 March 2006

In the middle of this settlement on the
southern edge of Johannesburg, a place where poverty and sickness often
squeeze out hope and plans, a group of women sit in a circle, recording
their goals for the year.

“The US should express regret for lives lost in Pakistan air strike”

by Rajan Menon

3 February 2006

After bombing a Pakistani village near the Afghan border, the Bush Administration has presented no excuses to Pakistan. The purpose of the failed attack was Al Qaeda’s second in command, Aymin al-Zawahiri. Some of his men were hit, though, as well as a dozen Pakistani villagers, including (…)

“Why the Rebels Will Lose”

by Max Boot

30 June 2005

It is not worth asking why the public opinion’s backing of the Iraq war has not dwindled. All the papers’ front pages only talk of the rebels’ kingdom of terror. Instead of describing our enemies as terror giants, we’d better insist on their weaknesses. Iraqi insurgents lack many things to (…)

“Iran presidential race: expectations vs. reality”

by Bahman Baktiari, Haleh Vaziri

27 June 2005

Iran’s presidential candidates offer the widest-raging choices on the political spectrum for holding elections in Iran since the revolution of 1979; of course, within the confines of the Guardian Council of the Revolution, which guards the theocracy of the State but permits semi-competitive (…)

“In Congo, 1,000 die per day: Why isn’t it a media story?”

by Andrew Stroehlein

23 June 2005

We frequently hear discussions about the fact that media outlets do not pay attention to the conflict in Congo. However, this reflection does not make the media talk more about it, the deadliest conflict since World War II.
It is an absurd situation whose consequence is the absolute silence (…)

“Mugabe and the ‘John Paul’ option”

by Austin Bay

3 May 2005

Robert Mugabe is the African Slobodan Milosevic. He embodies the worst aspects of the Cold War and the “war against tyranny”. Like Milosevic, who switched from communism to fascism after the Cold War, Mugabe switched from being a revolutionary to being a tribal dictator. The big difference is (…)