World Press

  • Is it the economy, stupid?

    Bush's economic record is shadowed by comparison to Herbert Hoover's.
  • The world press on Islamophobia

    Al-Ahram: "Arabs and Muslims vehemently claim in Europe the very civil and democratic rights they firmly believe should be trampled at home."
  • The world press on American news

    International papers react to U.S. flight delays and the coverage of Saddam Hussein's capture.
  • The world press on Iraq

    Asia Times goes on the job with a Taliban recruiter; Gulf News calls Bush's surprise visit "sneaky and panicked."
  • The world press on American politics

    Outlook India recalls the queen's first appalled impression of George W. Bush; plus, Al-Jazeera wonders why there aren't any Muslims in Congress.
  • The world press on the Istanbul Jews

    Guardian: "Theirs is one of the great anomalies of Jewish history -- a happy story."
  • The world press on the Riyadh bombings

    Arab News: "We put the men of religion above fault, and made them unaccountable. We gave them special privilege -- and this is the result."
  • The world press on the downing of a U.S. Chinook

    Newspapers across the world ask: Who's leading the attacks in Iraq?
  • The world press on the Ramadan bombings

    Sgt. Scott Blow in the Asia Times: "Nobody knows who the enemy is here until they shoot at you."
  • The world press on the Muslim-bashing U.S. general

    Guardian: "Scratch a neo-con and you find an Arabophobe."
  • The world press on Iraq

    Guardian: "For centuries, pillage by invading armies was a normal part of warfare. Now we call it economic development."
  • The world press on the Haifa bombing

    From the BBC, the biography of a female suicide bomber.
  • The world press on democracy in America

    The Lebanese Daily Star: "Death interrupted Edward Said; despite his great achievements, his job was not done yet."
  • The world press on the U.N. in Iraq

    Should the U.N. bail out the U.S. in Iraq? A Guardian writer says not if it helps Bush win reelection.
  • The world press on Israel

    Former speaker of Israel's Knesset Avraham Burg: "There may yet be a Jewish state here, but it will be a different sort, strange and ugly."
  • The world press on the legacy of 9/11

    The Guardian: Did U.S. authorities purposely fail to avert the attacks in 2001?
  • The world press on Afghanistan and Iraq

    A Taliban fighter boasts about how his comrades beat the Afghan TV minister "like a dog."
  • The world press on Liberia

    Two months ago Moses Blah was under arrest for attempting to mount a coup against Liberian President Charles Taylor. Now he is to succeed him.
  • The world press on Liberia

    A Liberian in exile comments on Monrovia's grim waiting game.
  • The world press on Uday and Qusay

    Guardian: Uday was a monster even by the standards of Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
  • The world press on the U.N. in Iraq

    Asia Times: Turning to the U.N. may be the only way Bush can save his presidency.
  • The world press on the U.S. intelligence scandal

    Saudi Arabia: If Blair goes down, he'll take Bush with him; Kenya: How do the parents of dead GIs feel about White House lies?
  • The African press on Bush's visit

    From Kenya: "Bush's singular achievement has been to make America resented in Africa."
  • The world press: Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan

    Maclean's: When the Taliban fell, women were supposed to get a better deal. It hasn't happened.
  • The world press on Iraq

    Guardian: Relief groups have been told they must be an "arm of the U.S. government" in Iraq.
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