Monthly Archives: June 2011
‘Yemeni youth are guarding the revolution’
President Saleh once compared his rule to “dancing on the heads of snakes”. Earlier this year, Saleh appeared to stumble as protests engulfed the nation and succeeded in bringing together formerly
Obama visits a sharply divided Puerto Rico
Fulfilling a promise made in his 2008 presidential campaign to address the political status of Puerto Rico, US President Barack Obama will arrive on the Caribbean island on Tuesday, June 14.
Are Palestinian children less worthy?
What is it about Jewish and Arab children that privileges the first and spurns the second in the speeches of President Barack Obama, let alone in the Western media more generally? Are
Yemen’s opposition ‘in power transfer talks’
Opposition sources in Yemen say that they have met with Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the vice president, to discuss a transfer of power within a transitional period. The sources said they are
Turkey Election
From street seller to global statesman As a politician, he is Turkey’s most successful prime minister of modern times, a man who stepped out of a prison cell to lead his party
Mass resignations hit Gingrich campaign
The entire top echelon of Republican Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign team has resigned in a devastating blow to the US candidate’s 2012 election hopes. Rick Tyler, who quit as Gingrich’s spokesman
Syrian army starts crackdown in northern town
Syrian state television says the country’s army has begun operations in Jisr al-Shughur, a restive northern town near the Turkish border, as anti-government protests are held in cities across the country. The
Iraq ‘to request’ US troops to stay
Iraq will ask the US to keep its troops in the country beyond the 2011 withdrawal deadline set by US President Barack Obama, Leon Panetta, the White House’s pick to lead the
