DARFUR is a real tragedy. First of all, it is a tragedy for the two million refugees and then for the widows and orphans of the 70,000 people who have been slain. It is equally a tragedy for the Sudanese
On a visit to Makkah last month, when I passed through a crowded street where the air was polluted with emissions from all the cars, I noticed how environmentally unfriendly our streets are. As we
Russia has, or would like to project, a new face to match the new post-Soviet era. Yet President Putin is proving the adage that old habits die hard to be precise. A KGB man, he has yet to shake off
When the fruit sellers at the Tel Aviv market shout “the boss has gone crazy!” they mean that they are selling their merchandise at ridiculously low prices. In the world’s capitals, a similar
In ascending order of autocracy, Tony Blair has been variously compared to Margaret Thatcher, Napoleon Bonaparte, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, even and most absurdly to Adolf Hitler. The latest
LONDON, 16 December 2004 — On Dec. 12, the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the most deadly conflict since World War II and already responsible for 3.8 million deaths, started again.
