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Self-described as "the final war," the protest is the latest effort by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) to force the government, led by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, from office.
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The escalating violence represents an ugly offensive by Mexican drug gangs retaliating against the government's increased determination to combat drug trafficking and drug-related violence.
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You do not have to be a Soviet studies expert (or a post-Communist scholar) to know that the American missile defense shield will create a Russian backlash (as we have seen in Georgia).
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The end of the confrontation with Georgia marks the opening of a new chapter in the fight for predominance in Eastern Europe: Ukraine. Like Georgia, Ukraine is a very vulnerable ally of the United States.
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Some sectors still think authoritarianism is the way toward development and justice. There is need to fight such blindness, to remind them of the meaning of corruption, violence, and lack of freedom.
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Between April and December 2007, the Home Office sent 1,999 asylum seekers back to their original countries. Some of the Somali nationals were sent to Mogadishu, the most dangerous city in the world.
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In Arabic, Darwish means a pure, spiritual wandering man. For over four decades, Palestinian and Arab poets were inspired by him, referred to him, imitated him, debated over his poetry.
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Until the next NATO meeting, in which the organization will celebrate its 60th anniversary, in 2009, many things are waiting to be realized by the Albanian government and parliament.
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The backlog of applications for refugee status dates back to the late 1990's, when people from troubled African countries became attracted to South Africa after its transition to democracy.
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Addressing an emergency summit on the global food crisis in Rome in June, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon underscored the threat to political stability and development.
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The emergence of a power vacuum motivated Strasser and his men to seize power. His ascension to power inspired the youth, who believed that someone had finally emerged to champion their cause.
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On Thursday, July 31, Brazilian authorities gave the final go ahead to the civilian nuclear power company, Electronuclear, to continue construction of the country's third nuclear power plant.
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Blackwater's success is helping fill the coffers of some of the country's most influential conservative political figures and prompting some observers to call it the "future of war."
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While the opposition forces are yet to mobilize in the streets around the referendum campaigns, they have begun an intensive publicity campaign attacking the government's record.
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If someone desires to know and understand nonviolence in India, he or she should do so by understanding the Ahimsa of Mahatma Gandhi. Through his own nonviolent actions, he astonished the whole world.
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Since the peace agreement between the Maoists and the government, tourist figures are recovering. If peace continues, predictions are that Nepal's tourist industry may fully recover by 2010.
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Critical of the dominance of a cultural approach to Muslim-Western conflicts, Baswedan believes conflict is triggered not by cultural, religious, or civilizational identity, but by a calculation of interests.
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This year marks the 60th anniversary of the exodus of the "refugee children" from Aegean Macedonia, and for the first time ever, their demands have been endorsed by the Macedonian government.
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Two Zimbabwean journalists from the state-owned Sunday Mail and Herald newspapers—Munyaradzi Huni and Caesar Zvayi—have been placed on the European Union's sanctions list.
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Albania is an extremely bureaucratic state and its parliament a bureaucratic organization in which the chief bureaucrats resolve cases only when they want to, putting it at odds with Berisha's government.
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Since 2004 hundreds of people have been killed and thousands displaced as a result of fighting between Shia rebels and government forces in the northern governorate of Saada.
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All sides seem to have left the idea of the Road Map, and are taking the physical tools of occupation and turning them into weapons. Al-Barghouthi calls this the "bulldozer plan."
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Hart's fascinating, at times shocking, tale of his experiences and conversations with top Middle East leaders provides historical context and offers an alternative to the conventional peace process.
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