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Saturday 11 March 2006 (10 Safar 1427)

Iran Sleepwalking Into War?

With attention focused on the international row over the Islamic republic’s alleged attempt at building an atomic bomb, the average observer might not notice the domestic side of the debate. The... Full Story


Snippets in the News

Every now and then an innocuous news item lingers on terminally in my mind sending those little gray cells into overdrive with questions of the “how’s”, the “why’s” and “when’s”, “what ifs” and so... Full Story


Editorial: Politics as Entertainment

If public prosecutors in Milan have their way, Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will head into next month’s general election as an indicted fraudster. They have asked the courts to indict him... Full Story




‘Barbarians’, Ilan Halimi and Anti-Semitism

They called themselves “The Barbarians.” Not “Al-Qaeda in Paris,” or “French Jihadis.” The French thugs didn’t demand the release of any Iraqi or Palestinian or Afghani political prisoners, or... Full Story


Israel: End of the Settlement Romance

Israel’s conquest of the West Bank in June 1967 spurred a popular romance with land seen as the biblical heartland, by secular as well as religious Jews. Moshe Dayan, then defense minister,... Full Story


Europe and US Meddling in Belarus’ Election

LONDON, 11 March 2006 — Would you expect a European leader who has presided over a continual increase in real wages for several years, culminating in a 24 percent rise over the past 12 months, to be... Full Story