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By Robin Adams in Middle East on June 27th, 2011
As all fairytales start...Once upon a time - in Doha in the Middle East... The sun rose, the birds were singing, traffic was free-flowing and...
By Gabriel Elizondo in Americas on June 25th, 2011
Her name is Maria Lucimar Pereira and she is reportedly 120 years old. No, that is not a typo.
By Imran Garda in Americas on June 25th, 2011
  caliphate. n. Future involving Ayman Al-Zawahiri sitting on a throne watching bearded footballers in long shorts contesting the Islamic...
By Abid Ali in Business on June 24th, 2011
The "West" is quick to point the finger at OPEC whenever oil prices are on the rise. All manner of statistics are produced to blame OPEC nations...
By Kamal Hyder in Asia on June 23rd, 2011
In less than a month’s time, US forces will begin pulling out of Afghanistan.
By Gabriel Elizondo in Americas on June 23rd, 2011
As far as I am aware, the discovery was first reported June 16 by A Critica newspaper in Manaus, and confirmed this week by the Brazilian...
By Mohammed Adow in Africa on June 22nd, 2011
I arrived in Mogadishu early morning from the capital of neighbouring Kenya, Nairobi.The soft breeze from the Indian Ocean on whose shores...
By Imran Garda in Americas on June 19th, 2011
baggage. n. Part of travelling entourage left unfondled by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA).   bailout. n. Urgent...
By Marga Ortigas in Asia on June 17th, 2011
In a cramped 18th floor flat overlooking the part of Sendai that wasn't damaged by the March 11 quake and tsunami, a frail-looking, light-...
By Gabriel Elizondo in Americas on June 16th, 2011
  The full page spread in Rio daily O Globo on Wednesday was headlined with the screamer: “More Blood in the Forest.” It was in relation to...
By Alan Fisher in Europe on June 15th, 2011
Thousands went on strike. Thousands came to protest. This was the Greek people telling their government: enough!   When we arrived...
By Robin Adams in Africa on June 14th, 2011
Anyone who tells you South Africa's Springboks WILL win the Rugby World Cup again this year is wrong.It's a sweeping statement I know. There is...
By Alan Fisher in Europe on June 14th, 2011
As the official turnout was announced, people cheered and clapped and a few even claimed tears.Spontaneously, people started bouncing up and...
By Imran Garda in Americas on June 14th, 2011
academic. adj. Man in bow-tie. Usually represents think-tank or university. Explains the science behind global warming and/or new CERN project...
By Ayse Alibeyoglu in Europe on June 13th, 2011
Monday's newspaper front pages in Turkey were full of praise for Recep Tayyip Erdogan's "historic win" in Sunday's elections, with headlines...
By Andy Richardson in Europe on June 13th, 2011
They are the people you hear at every football match in England. But all too often their voice is not listened to by the game they love.Fans...
By Rahul Pathak in Europe on June 11th, 2011
While on my holidays back home in the UK I was lucky enough to catch a new documentary called Fire in Babylon.It tells the story of the all-...
By Ayse Alibeyoglu in Europe on June 10th, 2011
If Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) wins a landmark third term in office, all eyes will be on the Turkish prime...