NAJAF, Iraq, 11 August 2004 — Iraqi tribes in Najaf are eager to play a role in restoring order to the holy city but differ on whether this should be done by the sword or through dialogue. “We
TINTAGEL, England, 11 August 2004 — The offer is tempting: Join King Arthur’s Round Table, and far from having to commit to a life of chivalry and battle, a small fee brings not only membership but
TEHRAN, 11 August 2004 — Putting a former theater director in charge of a detention center for hardened young criminals might seem a bold decision. For Iran, where prison directors tend to have
ALGIERS, 11 August 2004 — Algerians are flocking to the beaches this summer in numbers undreamt of only a year or two ago, but the presence of thousands of armed police shows that fears of violence
JEDDAH, 11 August 2004 — Rima, an 80-year-old reasonably healthy matriarch of a 42-member family, leads a very active life, mentally. She personally conducts the household management with expenses,
DUBAI, 11 August 2004 — The world’s leading health care company has launched here an awareness program on sexual health. Journalists from all parts of the region were present at a morning function
LOS ANGELES, 7 August 2004 — It sounds like the stuff of a particularly narcissistic Hollywood movie script. A group of coddled entertainers decide to leave their pampered ways and join forces on an
WALIKALE, Congo, 7 August 2004 — On the mud wall of an abandoned thatched hut in the Congolese jungle town of Walikale, the words “Stop, Please” are scrawled in white chalk. The silent plea has gone
