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Until a few weeks ago months ago, when I wrote stories about Thaksin Shinawatra, I identified him with the simple formula “deposed prime minister of Thailand” and filed them to the Foreign Editor. Since then he has risen to become something much more important than a foreign head of government - the owner of a […]
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Recientemente tuve la oportunidad de hablar con dos de los empresarios más prominentes de México, Emilio Azcárraga Jean, presidente de Grupo Televisa, y Roberto Hernández RamÃrez, presidente del consejo de administración de Banamex. Entre otros temas, conversamos sobre las promesas hechas por los candidatos Hillary Clinton y Barack Obama de renegociar el Tratado de Libre […]
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Serious scholars still debate whether the Civil War was necessary, never mind the more obvious “wars of choice” such as World War I, the War of 1812, the Spanish-American War, the Korean War, wars in Vietnam and Kosovo, and the Persian Gulf War. To a certain brand of American isolationist, even World War II was […]
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Two big questions hang over the new agreement to contain North Korea’s nuclear weapons program at its current level — whatever that level is.
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R eaz Rahman , foreign affairs adviser to the government of Bangladesh, visited Washington this week to try to allay concerns over latent Islamic militancy and to update officials on the arrests of radical leaders and their followers as political unrest continues in the country.
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ST. PETERSBURG — A court order that had shuttered one of Russia’s most prestigious graduate schools and drawn worldwide protests from scholars was lifted Friday. But even as the European University at St. Petersburg prepares to resume lectures after a six-week hiatus, the suspension has sent a chill through parts of Russia’s academic community, with […]
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BEIJING, March 24 — Demonstrators denouncing China’s record on human rights breached strict security in Ancient Olympia on Monday and disrupted a torch-lighting ceremony that launched the Olympic flame’s long journey to Beijing.
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Just because it’s September, on autumn’s cusp, don’t expect cool, crisp air for the Washington area — not just yet, at least. Today and tomorrow, it’s still going to be hot, humid and summerlike.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 4 — DNA tests show that a 3 1/2 -year-old boy who has grown up in foster care in Bogota was probably born in a clandestine rebel camp to Clara Rojas, a politician kidnapped by guerrillas six years ago, the Colombian government announced Friday.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Catching his breath at a fitness club, Matt McHugh took a gulp of water from his trusty Nalgene plastic bottle and pondered the idea of switching to an alternative made of glass, stainless steel or another kind of plastic.
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Boubacar Messaoud remembered strolling from the flatlands of Mauritania toward the southern town of Rosso, a watermelon poised on his head. Beyond a riverbank, he could see a row of children in a yard. Messaoud, then 7, stopped to find out what was going on, with the pure curiosity of a child.
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As of Sunday, March 23, 2008, at least 4,000 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,253 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq — The city’s police chief, Col. Faisal Ismail al-Zobaie, a husky man with a leathered face and a firm voice that resonates with authority, ordered an aide to shut his office door. He turned to his computer. Across the screen flashed a video, purportedly made by the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan’s National Assembly is set to elect a prime minister on Monday five weeks after President Pervez Musharraf’s opponents swept a general election.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The death toll of U.S. soldiers in Iraq reached 4,000 on Monday, days after the fifth anniversary of a war that President George W. Bush says the United States is on track to win.
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Sunday saw widespread violence in Iraq
The number of United States military personnel killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion five years ago has passed the 4,000 mark.
The latest to die were four soldiers whose patrol vehicle was blown up by a bomb in southern Baghdad on Sunday.
The deaths bring the total to 4,000, according […]
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The death toll has seesawed since, with 2007 ending as the deadliest year for American troops at 901 deaths. That was 51 more deaths than 2004, the second deadliest year for U.S. soldiers.
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‘You kids!” my mother ritually despaired in my childhood. “You’re so — negative!” That line has been a standing joke between my brothers and me for decades, ruefully repeated at my mother’s expense. But she had a point. We were a critical bunch. On into my middle age, much of my non-fiction commentary has continued […]
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ST PETER’S journey to Rome led to the spread of Christianity in the West and the foundation of Catholicism, so the Church has always taught.
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Hong Kong Director of Marine Dept. Roger Tupper said the sailors
were trapped in the ship’s hull and could still be alive if they
found an air pocket inside the vessel. However, he said rescue
divers knocked on the boat and did not hear the sailors signal
back.
Divers made nine attempts to rescue the trapped sailors but were
hindered by […]