The arrest of a minor in Pakistan throws the spotlight back on its infamous blasphemy laws, competition in Sri Lanka among the two giants of Asia and Thailand’s booming cosmetic surgery industry.
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South Africa’s Police Open Fire on Striking Miners: The Video
Updated: Aug. 17, 2012 at 7:40 a.m. EST
South African police opened fire on a crowd of striking miners on Thursday, killing 34 people and leaving a field strewn with bodies in a massacre that instantly revived memories of the …
Despite an Anti-Sarkozy Agenda, Hollande Imitates His Predecessor on Security
Tough reaction to project rioting in Amiens and resumption of controversial Roma deportations find French Socialist President François Hollande adopting security positions leftists once assailed his conservative predecessor …
Must-Reads from Around the World
In today’s choices: the conflict in Syria seeps over its borders, the Latin economies still enjoying the good times and tests of sovereignty in the South China Sea.
Treatment of Muslim Rohingya Minority Shows Burma Has a Long Way to Go
The callous handling of sectarian violence in Arakan reminds us that the country’s transition is far from complete
Must-Reads from Around the World
Today’s choices: coup rumors in Egypt, the waning allure of the E.U. to its neighbors and fresh reports of unrest and arrests in Tibet.
Europe’s Good News: Economic Decline Is Bad, but Could Be Worse
A flurry of new economic data in Europe indicates that the slide of the euro zone toward recession isn’t as rapid as some had expected — though it is still steady enough to represent a major threat to the global economy
“The defendants can’t provide sufficient reason to continue to live on the property so the court has decided to allow the plaintiff to take back the property.”
Must-Reads from Around the World, August 9, 2012
Today’s picks: recent history repeating itself in Pakistan, insider politics Japan-style and how a U.N. climate change compensation scheme went awry.
Must-Reads from Around the World, August 8, 2012
Among today’s picks: factional politics in China, the emerging proxy wars in the Middle East and remembering 8-8-88 in Burma.
“Can you imagine that the worst place in the world to be gay is having Gay Pride?”
Must-Reads from Around the World, August 7, 2012
Today’s required reading: a harrowing account from Syria, searching for the ghosts of the financial crisis and new details in the Bo Xilai scandal
“What you are seeing is the appetizer: the main course is yet to come.”