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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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January 5, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Introducing Pressure Points
©2010 Google - Imagery ©2010 TerraMetrics Pressure Points is a new blog, primarily about the Middle East but with a special interest in democracy promotion and human rights issues more broadly. Why…
January 5, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Christmas in Egypt
Riot police stand behind a protective wire barrier during clashes outside al-Abasseya Cathedral in Cairo. (Amr Dalsh/Courtesy Reuters) The New Year bombing at a church in Alexandria, Egypt has now c…
January 6, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Telescopic Philanthropy, 2011
Wreckage is seen after rioters damaged shops in Maan. (Petra Petra/Courtesy Reuters) APN News: "Rioters in the southern Jordanian city of Maan set fire to government buildings, police cars and busin…
January 6, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Democracy Hits the Gulf
Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Sabah inspects an honour guard at Merdeka palace in Jakarta. (Supri Supri/Courtesy Reuters) When a news story says that an Arab prime minister nar…
January 7, 2011
Human Rights
Is Tunisia Next?
A man puts up an electoral poster of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunis. (Louafi Larbi/Courtesy Reuters) Tunisia is not a very important country, but the fall of its twenty-three year old di…
