"I hate him very much, I hate this government!" Kifiya member Nermine Abadi, 35, shouted over the din. "I want Mubarak to go away ... I want a revolution!"
Beirut may be the only place in the world where you can buy a necklace with a Christian cross and a Muslim crescent moon fused together as one. It's an unofficial symbol of Lebanon's nascent national unity. What other country would even think of making something like this? I've never seen one before. But now I own two. After growing up in the 1980s with sectarian Beirut as the poster child for urban disaster zones, it was really something to see.
Albanians must accept that no solution is possible without the consent of Serbia - and the most that Belgrade can offer is broad autonomy. By Dusan Batakovic
ANDIJAN, Uzbekistan -- The attempt by the Uzbek Army to retake control of the eastern town of Andijan was not unexpected. But few expected a massacre, and no one can predict how the present political convulsion will ultimately end in this, the biggest and most strategically important Central Asian state.
Despite adopting liberal politics, the ANC seems reluctant to criticise the human rights and democratic record of other developing countries. By Peter Fabricius in Johannesburg (Africa Reports No 34, 13-May-05)
The oppressive Taleban regime is long gone, but many Afghan women are still afraid to abandon their burqas. By Salima Ghafari in Kabul (WP No. 1, 19-May-05)
Director’s Note: By Anthony Borden in London (WP No. 1, 19-May-05)
"Women are half the population of the Middle East," she told Reuters in an interview. "If they are not part of the democratisation process in a full capacity, the process will be incomplete.
Hamas' electoral victories underscore a key problem for President Bush as he pushes for Mideast democracy: When people are free to choose, Washington can't count on a friendly result.
The British government is considering a major Middle East policy switch that would mean engaging directly and openly for the first time with the militant groups Hamas and Hizbullah, who are expected to make significant gains in elections in the West Bank and Gaza and in Lebanon. .....the Foreign Office is swinging behind the view that it would be hypocritical to encourage democracy but refuse to accept the outcome, even if it means working with groups it finds distasteful.
Central Asian leaders are exploiting their part in the “war on terror” to legitimise damaging policies. By IWPR staff and contributors in Central Asia and London (RCA No. 273, 30-Mar-04)
Uzbek refugees now living in camps on the Kyrgyz side of the border fear they will be killed if they’re forced to go back to their homes. By Jalil Saparov and Sultan Kanazarov in Suzak, Jalalabad (RCA No. 379, 18-May-05)
Baghdad neighbourhood emboldened by local resident who stood up to the insurgents. By Hussein Ali in Baghdad (ICR No. 125, 18-May-05)
Turkey's trial of Kurdish terrorist leader Abdullah Ocalan was not fair enough, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has ruled.
Every day an article appears in US media about Turkey which accuses Turkish government and media of conspiring about America and feeding anti Americanism in Turkey.
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