Shooting a Free Spirit
Malala Yousafzai showed the way for young Pakistanis to speak freely, and Taleban extremists reacted with the only methods they know.
12 Oct 12
Conflict
Abyei Dispute Threatens Sudan Accords
Recent thaw in relations between Khartoum and South Sudan could be reversed without rapid territorial solution for contested region.
11 Oct 12
Afghan Fury at Planned Pakistan Pact
Mixed messages as Kabul asks Pakistan to stop border shelling, then agrees to strategic partnership.
9 Oct 12
Oversimplifying Syria
Revolution is a struggle to dislodge the Assad regime, not the internecine conflict it is sometimes portrayed as.
20 Sep 12
Mexico's President-Elect Endorses Obama Drug Campaign Pledge
Incoming leader had previously failed to set out clear position on war on drugs.
15 Sep 12
US Embassy Attack in Tunis
Police disperse crowd after embassy invasion and violent clashes..
14 Sep 12
Axe-Murderer Pardon Hardens Azeri, Armenian Attitudes
Celebrations in Baku and outrage in Yerevan as convicted killer is welcomed back to Azerbaijan.
14 Sep 12
Scepticism as US Blacklists Afghan Insurgent Group
Pakistan’s secret service, not its proxies, is the real problem, Afghan experts say.
13 Sep 12
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