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Asia: Obama throws down the gauntlet to China
feature Asian nations seemed eager to work with President Obama to dampen China's interests and displays of power in the Far East.
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Russia: When oligarchs admit to their crimes
feature The confessions of Berezovsky and Abramovich are motivated not by remorse but rather by greed, said Stanislav Belkovsky at Moskovsky Komsomolets.
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Canada: A slap on the wrist for a pedophile
feature Canadians are outraged over the laughably light sentence given to a child molester.
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How they see us: Is health care for all un-American?
feature To most of the rest of the world, the “toxic debate” over health care is baffling.
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South Africa: A painting of the president’s privates
feature Few people knew about Brett Murray’s painting The Spear until President Zuma’s party issued a denunciation.
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Russia: Cracking down on musical dissent
feature Last month, members of the punk band and activist group Pussy Riot were sentenced to prison for their protest against Vladimir Putin.
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Turkey: Will these killers ever be punished?
feature The Turkish state has proved once again that it is not yet ready to render even-handed justice to those it sees as enemies, said Mehmet Ali Birand at Hurriyet Daily News.
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Russia: Putin, the womanizer in chief?
feature The glimpse of Lyudmila Putina at her husband’s presidential inauguration was only the third sighting in years.
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Japan: Limping along, one year after the tsunami
feature The people are doing their best. “If only their politicians and bureaucrats were not so incompetent.”
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Israel: Is Netanyahu moving toward the center?
feature The prime minister surprised everyone by canceling elections and bringing the centrist Kadima party into his governing coalition.
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Egypt: A court rules on Mubarak’s crimes
feature A judge sentenced Hosni Mubarak to life in prison.
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Russia: Back to Putin’s crony capitalism
feature With Vladimir Putin back in the presidential office, it’s party time for his pals.
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Japan: Exporting a dangerous technology
feature Until we know all the things that went wrong with the nuclear plant at Fukushima, we have no business exporting nuclear technology, said an editorial at Shimpo Hebei Shimbun.
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Australia: Pressing the self-destruct button
feature Putting Labor’s infighting on display for the whole country to see is bad for the brand, said Nicolas Stuart at the Canberra Times.
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