Can the Caucasus ever escape from the cycle of coups and violence that have beset the region since the collapse of the Soviet Union? Not if the rhetoric of Georgia's new 36-year-old President Mikheil Saakashvili is anything to go by. Before setting out on a visit to...
CARACAS - For the past two and a half years, political polls in Venezuela showed that a majority of respondents were opposed to President Hugo Chávez. But that has now changed. Most of the latest polls have indicated that he is likely to win next Sunday's recall...
I am so preoccupied with reading Imperial Hubris, written by an "anonymous" current employee of the CIA, that I've suppressed my urge to write another one of those "I told you so" columns. I can't say I'm happy John Kerry lived up (or down) to my worst expectations,...
Just as the U.S.-led forces refused to release thousands of adult prisoners after the June 28 handover of partial sovereignty to Iraq, U.S. and UK authorities continue to incarcerate children. The Pentagon says around 60 teens, "primarily aged 16 and 17,"...
After endorsing an appeal from the bipartisan 9/11 Commission to drastically overhaul the U.S. intelligence community, President George W. Bush on Tuesday nominated as his next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) the longtime chair of a congressional...
Our country's military now declares preparations to attack the Shrine of Ali in the city of Najaf in Iraq. Our country stands on the precipice of declaring war on Islam. An attack on the Shrine of Ali is an attack on the heart of Islam and must be nonviolently...
Last week's announcement that the terrorist threat warning level has been raised in parts of New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., has led to dramatic and unprecedented restrictions on the movements of citizens. Americans wishing to visit the U.S. Capitol must,...
International media watchdogs say Iraq's U.S.-installed interim government is seriously undermining the prospects for press freedom in the war-torn country. Citing both the shutdown of al-Jazeera's Baghdad office last weekend and a series of recent policies enacted by...
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IMPHAL (Manipur) - As turmoil rages in India's troubled northeastern state of Manipur, with most government offices shutting down Monday, and employees boycotting work to support a public rebellion against a federal law giving the army unlimited powers, experts fear...
