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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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Turkey and Israel: A friendship destroyed
feature Relations between Turkey and Israel have reached a crisis point over Israel's attack on the Turkish ferry Mavi Marmara.
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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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Middle East: Lawlessness in Sinai
feature An incident in the Sinai peninsula at the border between Israel and Egypt reveals the uneasy peace between the two countries.
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Israel: Killing protesters in the Golan Heights
feature Israeli troops killed at least 20 people when they opened fire on hundreds of unarmed protesters who crossed into the Golan Heights.
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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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Iran: Dutch woman becomes Iran’s latest victim
feature The mullahs have been carrying on a “30 Years War” against women: Bahrami is the latest victim, said Mina Saadadi in De Volkskrant.
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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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Pakistan: Where gang rapists walk free
feature All but one of 14 men accused of arranging and executing the rape of a village woman were acquitted by Pakistan's Supreme Court.
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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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Saudi Arabia: Driving in a burqa
feature Last week, at least 29 women defied Saudi Arabia’s unwritten law against women driving.
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India: Could a yoga guru win votes?
feature Everyone scoffed last year when wildly popular guru Baba Ramdev announced he was creating a political party, said Sudha Ramachandran in The Asia Times.
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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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