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Historical Amnesia: Haiti and Media Presentation

Once in debt, the IMF and World Bank stepped in and as is usual with their actions, demanded trade concessions and internal financial changes that not only increased the indebtedness

British Media Portrayals of Yemen

Until very recently, only Mauritania among the Arab countries attracted less attention in the British media than Yemen. Not any more: since 25 December 2009, Yemen is mentioned more than

Yemen – The New Enemy

Already, the direct costs of the last attacks on the Yemenis’ mud or rough stone houses have cost the Saudis and US millions of pounds. We will also take counter-

Break the CIA in Two

The experience of the past 62 years has showed, time and time again, that concern was well founded as the covert action side has not only polluted CIA analyses but

A Grim Year for the Middle East

2009, begun with Israel’s murderous assault on Gaza, was a year of great torment and much misery in the Middle East.

Obama & the U.S.–Turkey Foreign Policy Standoff

Under Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s leadership, Turkey’s three dimensional “Strategic Depth” foreign policy doctrine has emerged as the blueprint to reposition Turkey as a regional power. Sharing borders with Syria,

Obama’s Iranian Discontent

Barack Obama brought hope for diplomacy between the United States and Iran after 30 years of enmity.

Bombing Quetta?

An attack on Quetta, and on the leadership of the Afghan Taliban is something else entirely - and not just because bombing Quetta would probably result in mass civilian casualties,

The President and his Generals

One of the best things that has happened since Barack Obama took over from George W. Bush is that 'the most powerful man in the world' no longer sounds like

Egypt: 1.2 million suffer depression

Said Abdel-Azim, a Professor of Psychiatry at Cairo University, revealed that the number of people living with depression in Egypt has reached 1.2 million persons from the 140 million people