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Kenya: Still wounded from the last election
feature But today, more than four years later, and despite vast sums spent on resettlement, many are still living in refugee camps, said an editorial at the Daily Nation.
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Israel: Everyone else gets Sunday off…
feature The prime minister has finally formed a committee to study the two-day weekend, said Kobi Oz at Yedioth Ahronoth.
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Climate change: An agreement to make an agreement
feature In Durban, South Africa, participants extended the Kyoto Protocol for another five years, but negotiating a legally binding deal on reducing emissions was put off to the future.
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East Africa: Not a lot to show for a half century
feature All three countries—Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya—are still in the lowest tier on the U.N.’s Human Development Index, which measures standards of living, said Joachim Buwembo at The East African.
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Venezuela: Can there be chavismo without Chávez?
feature President Hugo Chávez spoke for the first time about what the country should do if he were to become incapacitated.
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South Africa: A national hero accused of murder
feature Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympic and Paralympic runner, has been arrested for the murder of his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
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Turkey: A mysterious attack on the U.S. Embassy
feature Who was really behind last week’s attack on the U.S. Embassy in Turkey?
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Iran: A reformist roars into power
feature Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani took more than 50 percent of the vote over five conservative rivals. Will he change Iranian policy?
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Egypt: Approving a flawed constitution
feature The hastily written constitution all but guarantees that the Muslim Brotherhood will dominate Egypt for decades to come.
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Pakistan: A democratic milestone
feature “Undeterred by the Taliban’s threat of mass killing,” voters turned out in historic numbers across the country.
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Israel: Stick to astrophysics, Hawking
feature The British physicist said he will not attend the fifth Israeli Presidential Conference because of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.
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Russia: Happily hosting Edward Snowden
feature The fugitive NSA contractor has asked Russia for temporary asylum until he can work out an arrangement to get to Latin America.
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Japan: Does an economic plan mask a nationalist push?
feature Now that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ended Japan's legislative gridlock, he can push through his ambitious economic reform program.
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Egypt: On a tortuous path toward a new government
feature Can democracy survive in Egypt?
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