Middle East
At UN, Obama highlights break with Bush policies
September 23, 2010Obama's boldest statements came in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, when he dismissed "cynics" who say a just peace is impossible.
Read moreWorld Notes: Colombia, Iraq, South Africa, Cambodia, Romania, Cuba
September 20, 2010Labor killings in Colombia, orphans in Iraq, agribusiness in South Africa, garment workers in Cambodia, health care in Romania and Cuba.
Read morePoem of the week: “Jerusalem”
September 2, 2010"Shouldn't it be as important to learn about one another's poetry, country to country, as one another's weather or gross national products?"
Read moreWorld Notes: India, Iraq, Kenya, Spain, Venezuela, Cuba
September 1, 2010Tribal rights win in India, union repression in Iraq, Kenya controversy, cuts in Spain, education in Venezuela, Cuba's oil.
Read moreA view from Iraq
September 1, 2010How the Iraqis see it: an interview with Salam Ali of the Iraqi Communist Party on the continuing political impasse in Iraq and the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces.
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