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Oil Prices: Another Prediction

May 3, 2008 - 7:22:59 AM
Last week Hamish McRae, one of the world’s best economic journalists, declared in “The Independent” that “Hardly anyone a year ago successfully predicted the rise in the oil price to $120 a barrel --in fact I have not found a single forecast of that.”


Without a Priesthood Every Muslim Makes up Their Own Mind

Apr 26, 2008 - 2:55:02 AM
We should not wait for Turkey to lead us in understanding the diversity of Islamic thought on different matters. It is essential for Muslims to be aware of the many opinions that are out there and not assume that what they have been told by imams, scholars or their elders is the only option.


Tunisia Vows to Preserve Religious Moderation

Apr 26, 2008 - 2:47:28 AM
TUNIS -- In Tunisia, synagogues and churches stand side by side with mosques. Jewish and Christian minorities freely practice their religious rituals. This tolerant climate is ensured by the constitution which provides for habeas corpus, guarantees freedom of conscience and protects freedom of religious practice.


No one Knows the Price Yet to be Paid

Apr 19, 2008 - 1:50:21 AM
MOSCOW -- U.S. President George W. Bush said that “significant progress” has been achieved in stabilization in Iraq in the past year.


Kuwait Dithers at Spring Election Crossroads

Apr 19, 2008 - 1:41:23 AM
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait -- The recent resignation of members of the Kuwaiti government and subsequent dissolution of the parliament reflects severe structural imbalances and an ongoing conflict between a government lacking in strategy and a parliament lacking in vision.


Berlusconi: “A Wise Country’s Choice”

Apr 19, 2008 - 1:27:22 AM
“This is a wise country, a country that knows when a person is tired and has turned vicious, when it is time to turn over a new leaf.” That was the upbeat assessment of Walter Veltroni, leader of the centre-left Democratic Party, just before Italy’s national election last weekend.


I Want the Palestinians to Win

Apr 15, 2008 - 8:17:10 AM
JERUSALEM -- “I and the majority of the Palestinian people are ready for a historic agreement based on international decisions that will allow a Palestinian and Israeli state to coexist, side by side, in peace and stability.”


The Underpants of the Olympic Flame

Apr 15, 2008 - 8:11:30 AM
If I were the Chinese bureaucrat responsible for guarding the sacred Olympic Flame, the place I’d worry about most is Australia. It was there, just before the Melbourne Olympics in 1956, that a student pretending to be an Olympic athlete ran up to the mayor of Sydney and presented him with an “Olympic torch”...


The Underpants of the Olympic Flame

Apr 12, 2008 - 12:18:42 AM
If I were the Chinese bureaucrat responsible for guarding the sacred Olympic Flame, the place I’d worry about most is Australia. It was there, just before the Melbourne Olympics in 1956, that a student pretending to be an Olympic athlete ran up to the mayor of Sydney and presented him with an “Olympic torch”...


Zimbabwe: The Nature of Power

Apr 8, 2008 - 8:39:17 AM
It has been a vivid demonstration of how power really works. A week ago, Robert Mugabe was still the undisputed ruler of Zimbabwe. He was 84, and he had reduced the country to ruin: four out of five adults are unemployed, inflation is running (officially) at over 100,000 percent, and one-third of the population has fled abroad in search of work


Pakistan - New Coalition, Old Collisions

Apr 5, 2008 - 12:46:56 AM
A new government coalition has been set up in Pakistan, but it does not eliminate old collisions – both in domestic or foreign policy.


Open letter from the son of the late shah of Iran:

Apr 5, 2008 - 12:38:38 AM
The recent parliamentary election in Iran, and, for that matter, all previous elections, have been a travesty, a sad farce, with the ruling government again making promises it cannot fulfill. During 28 years of involvement as a secular democrat...


Iran Wants Full Shanghai Organization Membership

Apr 1, 2008 - 3:41:19 AM
Iran is no longer satisfied with its observer status in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). It hopes that becoming a full member will help it avoid international isolation.


Transformation Project is a Leading Factor in the Democratization of Turkey

Apr 1, 2008 - 3:12:50 AM
For more than 40 years Turkey has been taking certain measures to reach the European Union criteria of a member state. As part of a drive to increase innovation in and access to technology, the EU has allocated more than 100 billion euros for the i2010 Program to create a "Single European Information Space,"...


Iraq: Maliki’s Gamble

Apr 1, 2008 - 1:12:36 AM
The rhetoric is triumphalist, and the story-line is simple and consistent. “We have made up our minds to enter this battle and we will continue till the end. No retreat,” said Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Thursday.


Lavrov’s Visit to the Middle East - More Riddles?

Mar 29, 2008 - 2:05:35 AM
Was the visit by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the Middle East a success? What can be considered a success in this region in the given situation? Now, right after the trip many of his statements seem more like riddles.


Creating a U.S.-Iran Bridge

Mar 29, 2008 - 1:41:08 AM
The upcoming second round of talks with the United States on Iraq security offers another opportunity for U.S.-Iranian dialogue and negotiations. However, an atmosphere of mistrust between the United States and Iran persists, leaving open the potential for yet another disastrous conflict in the Middle East.


The Coming Food Catastrophe

Mar 29, 2008 - 1:26:04 AM
“This is the new face of hunger,” said Josetta Sheeran, director of the World Food Programme, launching an appeal for an extra $500 million so it could continue supplying food aid to 73 million hungry people this year.


Lebanon on the Counterterrorism Front

Mar 25, 2008 - 3:50:49 AM
In spite of its ongoing political crisis, an institutionally crippled Lebanon is performing well on a front it ironically has little experience in: counterterrorism.


Abkhazia: Russian Bluff

Mar 25, 2008 - 3:32:02 AM
Last month Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia, and most of the NATO countries recognised it. Russia condemned this as an illegal and dangerous precedent, and hinted that it might recognise other breakaway states like Abkhazia and South Ossetia.


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