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Angry Baker, Seething Newsman: Spaniards Losing Patience with their Politicians
“We ought to take away everything they own,” the baker was saying about politicians and bankers, shaking her fist. “If they’re going to continue stealing and kicking people out of their homes, then we take the clothes off their backs.
La Fiction Pulpe de Gérard de Villiers
I was introduced to Gérard de Villiers’ SAS series when I lived in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. No. 76 in the series is “Putsch à Ouagadougou,” and as Worth explains in his story, the book contains undeniable verisimilitude.
Mali: Islamists Gone for Now in Gao, Security Concerns Remain
Our recent road trip to the city of Gao, center of much of the jihadist troops, revealed suggestions that the area still isn’t secure from the threat of more attacks.
Rémi Ochlik on the Arab Revolution: ‘We Spin Around the Night Consumed by the Fire’
French photojournalist Rémi Ochlik was killed last year in Homs, Syria. Ochlik was committed to covering the Arab Spring. His photos are now collected in a book called “Revolutions.”
Malians Have Mixed Feelings about French ‘Liberation’
The euphoria greeting French troops who entered Mali this month after Islamist militants threatened to invade the south of the country has given way to a wariness among some who wonder what will follow.
Damning Documents Mire Spain’s Top Leaders in Corruption Scandal
They look like extracts from a bookie’s ledger: column after column of handwritten dates, names and cash sums. They’re not in reference to horses, though, but to political leaders. The top leaders of Spain’s Popular Party, or PP, which is currently in power.
Confusion Reigns at 9/11 Suspects’ Hearing This Week
The pre-trial hearings in the military commission of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants stalled midway through the week here at “Camp Justice,” in the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba [...]
The Furor Over Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe’s Depiction of Netanyahu Continues
British newspaper pulls a controversial cartoon of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid charges of antisemitism. But the debates rages among and between politicians, cartoonists, Israelis and Jews and non-Jews over what constitutes antisemitism and the sometimes prickly issue of freedom of speech.
Who Controls the Censors at 9/11 Mastermind Tribunal?
The latest round of hearings at the military commission trying 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants opened Monday at Guantanamo, but by the end of the day it appeared that the judge was not entirely in control of the proceedings. [...]
Discussion: How Drones Change Everything
The World reporters Jason Margolis and Arun Rath join our partners at NOVA to discuss the future of unmanned aerial vehicles for both military and civilian use.
Reddit Users Debate the Idea of ‘Leftover Women’
When The World’s Asia correspondent Mary Kay Magistad reported last Friday that Chinese women in their late 20s are considered “leftover women,” social networks were quick to respond. Here are several interesting conversations happening around the role of unmarried women in Chinese society [...]
Yair Lapid and the New Face of Israeli Politics
One of the big surprises with Israel’s election on Tuesday was second-place finisher, Yair Lapid [...]
How War Should Be
Across the world, a sub-set of men will settle down this week to watch clips or perhaps the whole of the movie, “Zulu,” pegged to the anniversary of a battle long ago, Jan 22-23, 1879 [...]
British Soldiers, American War – Book Review
War is full of dirty little secrets. The World’s History Editor, Chris Woolf reviews “British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution.”
50 Years Élysée Treaty: A Cornerstone of Peace in Europe
France and Germany are celebrating the anniversary of a friendship treaty signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer on January 22nd, 1963. It was concluded following three devastating military conflicts [...]
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