February 24, 2012 Archives

U.S. Goals Toward China

Robert Kagan responds to your Twitter questions: How should the U.S. respond to China's rise?

Son-in-law To The King Of Spain Faces Justice

Inaki Urdangarin, son-in-law to the king of Spain, will be questioned on Saturday by an investigating magistrate probing a corruption scandal.

Riots Highlight Mexico's Crumbling Prisons

With drug violence mounting and prison riots increasing, there are growing fears that Mexico's penal system is in near collapse.

Syria: World Leaders Expected To Demand Ceasefire

U.S., European and Arab leaders are meeting in Tunisia to take up the growing crisis in Syria, where they are expected to demand an immediate ceasefire.

Raw Video: Journalists Plead For Help In Syria

A French journalist and a British photographer wounded in shelling in Syria that killed two other Western journalists are pleading to be evacuated so that they can have essential surgery and medical treatment.

Suu Kyi Calls For Unity In Burma's Restive North

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi appealed for unity among Myanmar's disparate ethnic groups Thursday as she hit the campaign trail in the country's conflict-riven far north.

Rudd Will Challenge Gillard

Kevin Rudd says he will fight Julia Gillard for leadership of the Labor Party, bringing to a head a bitter fight engulfing Australia's minority government.

Sec. Clinton On Syria: There Will Be A Breaking Point

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading to Tunisia for a major international conference with two aims, getting medicine and food into Syria and getting rid of Bashar al-Assad.

Assessing Obama's Foreign Policy

Former CIA operative Mike Baker on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Obama Administration's military policies.

Gingrich: Obama 'Surrendered' On Quran

Newt Gingrich says President Obama 'surrendered' on the incident involving Americans burning Qurans in Afghanistan.

China, The U.S. And Capitalism

HBR senior editor Julia Kirby and Monitor Talent founder Chris Meyer on how the rise of emerging economies will impact capitalism.

Giuliani: Obama Should Threaten Iran

Rudy Giuliani explains his suggestion that the best way to avoid bombing Iran is to make them believe that the U.S. will.

Prominent Syrian Journalist Talks About Escape

Hani Al Malazi was a prominent journalist who had worked for Syrian state television for nine years.

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