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Australia: We need peace between the U.S. and China
feature Our prosperity depends on a handful of big mining companies “and their immense exports of resources, especially to China,” said Hugh White in The Age.
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Middle East: Egyptians rage against Israel
feature Egyptian protesters attacked Israel's embassy in Cairo in a siege that lasted for 13 hours.
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Venezuela: Is there Chavism after Chávez?
feature Chávez’s absence left a political vacuum and made people aware of the lack of a successor.
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Myanmar: Suu Kyi is still defiant
feature In a speech shortly after being released from seven years of house arrest, Suu Kyi signaled to her supporters that she remains uncowed.
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Pakistan: A killing that can only lead to questions
feature A staff member of the U.S. consulate in Lahore shot dead two Pakistani men in a crowded part of town, apparently in self-defense, said Adil Najam in The News.
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South China Sea: China takes on its neighbors
feature China is practicing an increasingly aggressive presence in the South China Sea.
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Can Syria’s president survive the Arab Spring?
feature Street protests, which started in mid-March in the conservative town of Daraa, have turned into the biggest crisis President Bashar al-Assad has faced since he succeeded his father 11 years ago.
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Japan: Catastrophe sparks fear of nuclear power
feature To what extent will Japan ever again rely on nuclear power as a source of energy?
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India: It’s easier to move people than tigers
feature In fact, scientists say the best response to a tiger attack on humans is not to go after the animal, but to move the people, said an editorial at The Hindu.
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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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Israel and the Palestinians: The lines harden
feature Statehood for Palestine has just taken “one step forward and two steps back.”
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Israel: Preventing the next war in Gaza
feature Israel has put a dent in the "terror infrastructure" that Hamas has built up and sent a signal to the Arab world. What's next?
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