The New York Times Getting Obama Right | Who is Barack Obama? | If you ask a conservative Republican, you are likely to hear that Obama is a skilled politician who campaigned as a centrist but is governing as a big-government liberal. He p... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
John Pilger Welcome to the world's first murdochracy In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger goes back to Australia, where Rupert Murdoch launched his worldwide media empire, and describes how his and Murdoch's homeland has become a murd... (photo: AP / Rajanish Kakade)
The Star Ahmadinejad, Gates trade barbs in Afghanistan | KABUL (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates traded barbs on Wednesday during briefly overlapping visits to Afghanistan, where Washington has troop... (photo: AP / Frank Franklin II) IranNejadPhotosPoliticsWashington
The New York Times Iran and U.S. Trade Barbs in Kabul Visit | KABUL, Afghanistan — The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, shot back Wednesday at American allegations that Iran was providing support to Afghan insurgents, accusing the United States of... (photo: AP / Sorkhabi, Pool) AfghanistanIranPhotosTalibanUS
Asia Times Marjah fears return of warlords | By Mohammad Elyas Daee and Abubakar Siddique | MARJAH - Azizullah Khan might be this town's best example of civic-mindedness. He is a middle-aged farmer in this area, a... (photo: AP / Dusan Vranic, Pool) AfghanistanMilitaryPhotosSecurityTaliban
Asia Times Marjah, the city that never was | By Gareth Porter | WASHINGTON - For weeks, the United States public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan war against what it was told was a "city of 80,000... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder) AfghanistanDefenceNATOPhotosUS
The Daily Beast Take Action! | Has Women in the World inspired you to help empower women and girls throughout the world? To end child marriage, sex slavery, genital mutilation, and mass rape? Here&rs... (photo: GFDL / gangulybiswarup) EmpowermentEqualityHuman RightsPhotosWomen
