The initially stated aim of this bombing was to diminish Libyan civilian casualties. But many, senior figures in Washington, including President Obama, have indicated that the US is gearing up for a quite different war for regime change, one that may well be protracted and could also easily expand beyond Libya.1 If it does expand, the hope for a nonviolent transition to civilian government in Tunisia and Egypt and other Middle East nations experiencing political unrest, may be lost to a hard-edged militarization of government, especially in Egypt. All of us, not just Egyptians, have a major stake in seeing that that does not happen
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Several countries whose economies either surpass or equal that of G-20 members have blasted the organization, challenging its legitimacy and accusing it for trying to divide the world into blocs that best fit the interests of the members, by unjustly excluding some major economies from gaining membership into the organization.
Dilma Rousseff has just been elected President of Brazil, making her the country’s first female president. She is the latest woman in Latin America to take up the top job. Here is a profile of…
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro Ruz has expressed concerns over an imminent nuclear war that could broke out if the United States and Israel attack Iran. “…I do not harbor the slightest doubt that an…
BEIJING—A plan apparently aimed at discrediting Sino-Sudanese cooperation is being cooked up by a so-called United Nations committee
Awarding the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize to a person who is guilty of inciting subversion for constituted authority is nothing less than a deliberate attempt to destabilize the same authority to which Liu Xiaobo is guilty of working against.
As the Shanghai Expo draws to a close at the end of October, people from various parts of the world may never forget the thrilling experience they are passing through in one of China’s most…
“In our own unique way we are trying to give back to Africa, to our own continent — that’s what it’s all about, making a difference and making an impact.” Relayed by Manzie Vincent Doh…
By Manzie Vincent Doh BEIJING— (September 20—M4Relay) — In 1950, China received the first group of 33 students from the Eastern European countries. Since China initiated her reform and opening-up policy in 1978, international students’…
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to press China to let its currency rise faster, amid accusations that China suppressed the value of its currency and placed a drag on US…