War in the East
As Veterans Day in the United States approaches we will likely see a temporary increase in television programming focusing on the wars in which Americans have fought.
A ragged ragout from Berlin and Swabia
This bulletin is a mix of items - decent news, and not-big news.
Portugal’s optimistic prime minister "on another planet"
Unions say Portugal's prime minister is "living on another planet" after he predicted investment in the crisis-hit economy would bounce back next year.
Germany's plans to go green
If the shift is successful, Germany could stand as a paradigm for industrialized countries looking to do the same.
Marikana mine massacre reflects South Africa's persistent inequality and social turmoil
More astute analysis highlights the appalling situation of South Africa's mining communities as being fertile ground for the crisis that has developed at Marikana.
What would Romney-Ryan Latin America policy look like?
A Romney administration Latin America policy would return us to the same policies which brought about tens of thousands of deaths in Central America before.
Murdered because they wanted to protect the environment!
Environmental activists world wide - including community leaders and journalists - were being killed at a rate of one per week during 2011 alone.
Greek left misses winning by a hair
Greece held a new election to correct the fact that in the last one, voters split their votes in such a way as to make the formation of a governing majority impossible.
Starving and broke: Yemen's "war on terror"
Yemen managed to introduce a hopeful chapter to a gloomy modern history. They must remain wary of the challenges awaiting them.
