World Press

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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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