World

Brazil celebrates The Year of Oscar Niemeyer

January 18, 2008

Oscar Niemeyer, one of the world's greatest architects, celebrated his 100 birthday on Dec. 14, 2007. Best known for the pioneering, breathtaking buildings he designed for Brazil's capital, he has inspired generations of architects with his...

WORLD NOTES: Jan. 19

January 18, 2008

Colombia: FARC releases hostages Consuelo Gonzalez and Clara Rojas, held hostage for six years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), arrived by helicopter in Venezuela Jan. 10. Their release signified that negotiations are possible...

Cuba greets new year with promise and problems

January 12, 2008

Raul Castro’s speech delivered December 28 at the closing session of Cuba’s 2007 National Assembly cast light on problems and promise as the nation enters its 50th year of Revolution. Castro’s remarks compliment those he offered...

Teaching English in Tehran airport

January 11, 2008

When a friend of mine and her husband, who is a prominent scholar of Iran and Islam, arrived in Tehran at midnight last summer, she was not sure what to expect. In the women’s customs inspection...

The murder of Bhutto: Cold War fallout

January 11, 2008 By Norman Markowitz

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan last month has a direct relationship to the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, the subject of “Charlie Wilson’s War,” the Hollywood “comedy” in which a corrupt congressman and...