Middle East

Capital Punishment as a Means of Revenge

Iraqi rulers have long employed the death penalty as a way of getting back at their enemies.

15 Feb 10

Ruling marks an important development in international law - the first time the Genocide Convention has been applied at the ICJ.

15 Feb 10

Equality and democracy in higher education must be practiced, not preached.

15 Feb 10

Patients in oil-rich city dying needlessly on the operating tables of its principal hospital.

15 Feb 10

Recent violence underlines importance of province’s communities reaching an accord over its future.

15 Feb 10

As poverty and unemployment drive an increasing number of workers abroad, many become victims of traffickers who sell them into virtual slavery.

15 Feb 10

There are concerns that some Awakening Council members may return to the ranks of al-Qaeda if Baghdad fails them.

15 Feb 10

There are concerns that some Awakening Council members may return to the ranks of al-Qaeda if Baghdad fails them.

15 Feb 10

Successive government bans on poppy production have had little impact on a deadly industry that blights lives across the world.

15 Feb 10

Kosovo talks and Russian support bolster the claims of breakaway Abkhazia.

15 Feb 10

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