FOR the first time since he took office, President Bush is suggesting that a Palestinian state may not be created before he leaves the White House. Last year, he set a four-year goal for achieving
During my summer holiday I read an interesting book entitled “Female Chauvinist Pigs” written by Ariel Levy. In this book the author, a journalist for the New Yorker magazine, examines the rise
The European Union today is a bit like a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Tom has run over the cliff edge chasing Jerry and his legs are still pumping furiously in thin air; he’s yet to plummet to earth to meet
Whoever wins the Liberian election, which now goes to a second round, will confront the question: How can Liberia avoid a resumption of politics-as-plunder? Charles Taylor, Liberia’s and Africa’s
During a press conference in Muzaffarabad on Oct. 18 Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf announced: “We will allow any amount of people coming from across LOC to meet their relatives and assist
The United Nations Security Council convenes at 10 a.m. this morning. By lunchtime it is expected to have made a momentous decision, which could lead to the birth of a new state in Europe. The
NEW DELHI, 24 October 2005 — The earthquake in northern Pakistan killed tens of thousands of people but it could have been the perfect opportunity for India and Pakistan to cast aside decades of rivalry
