Trying Karadzic : The trial of Radovan Karadzic for war crimes committed in Bosnia should go ahead, and to further exorcise its ghosts, the country should pursue joining the European Union. [New York Times] Caned for drinking a beer? Malaysia’s two-track justice system unfairly punishes Muslims. [Washington Post] |
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Resilient Baghdad: Sunday brought the worst violence this year. But there are signs of recovery in Iraq’s capital. [Washington Post] Plotting a new course: President Obama’s new, more conciliatory position on Sudan has some people scratching their heads. But as he is doing with Afghanistan, Obama is showing he won’t be blindly wedded to a policy that may have been overtaken by events. [Philadelphia Inquirer] Think before surging: Obama should weigh troop levels in Afghanistan carefully. [Washington Post] Knowing when to leave in Latin America: Leaders who circumvent term limits undermine the region’s democratic progress. [LA Times] From Vatican, a tainted olive branch: The Vatican’s preemptive exploitation of Anglican distress explicitly ducks the large and urgent challenge facing every religion and every religious person [Boston Globe]
Benedict’s Gambit: Christianity’s global encounter with a resurgent Islam could be the reason for Pope Benedict XVI’s outreach to Anglicans. [New York Times] Courting Anglicans [LA Times] Romania’s amnesia-induced ambivalence: By refusing to confront its past, the Eastern European nation has left its future in doubt. [LA Times] Rio de Janeiro’s dual reality [Chicago Tribune] To succeed with Iran, push a nuke-free zone [Philadelphia Inquirer] After Marxism’s fall, curbs on news stay: In the absence of data about state-owned businesses, Belarusian journalists often must fall back on reporting gross macro-economic numbers released by the government, leading to work that is distant or abstract. [Boston Globe] |
