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John Thorne

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Plight of world's refugees worsening, UN official says

Mar 12, 2012

Crises produced more than 800,000 new refugees in the past year, says Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Read article "Plight of world's refugees worsening, UN official says"

Ennahda cleans up Tunis with a little civic action

Mar 11, 2012

Impromptu rubbish collection helps explain why the moderate Islamist Ennahda party swept the Tunisia elections in October.Read article "Ennahda cleans up Tunis with a little civic action"

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Tunisia in trouble after S&P cuts credit rating

May 25, 2012

What's Down: Tunisia's struggle to rebound from revolutionary turmoil could get even tougher.Read article

European bank targets Middle East with €1 billion fund

May 21, 2012

Arab Spring economies are to gain support from a 1 billion euro fund from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.Read article

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Saving Moroccan trees for those who need them

May 30, 2010

Saving Moroccan trees for those who need them

Villages in the Atlas mountains rely on forest timber for daily life, but poor residents are felling valuable trees to sell on the black market.Read article Saving Moroccan trees for those who need them

Meknes minaret collapse leaves 41 dead

Feb 23, 2010

Moroccans bury 41 dead after mosque collapse that they say they warned authorities would happen.Read article Meknes minaret collapse leaves 41 dead

Latest Comments

Syria debate shifts: is it time to arm the rebels?

Feb 26 , 2012 | 02:40AM GST

thomasbleser

I strongly feel that without support from Russia and/or China there isn't much hope for this situation. In spite of Syria's bad record as far as human rights and democracy are concerned, I think the rest of the world owes them a debt for preventing a bloodbath in Lebanon, or at least of keeping it limited to intermittant assassination. I fail to see how Russia or China would see their vital interests affected one way or another, and I would like to suggest that someone explore the possibility of encouraging either Russia to work with NATO or the US to work with China to bring about the same situation in Syria that Syria has maintained in Lebanon at least until Assad has had the chance to make good on his promises to China.

Libya's Saif Al Islam pleads: 'Fire a bullet to my head'

Apr 5 , 2012 | 05:46PM GST

jdonne141

Isn't it a shame for world community the way Qaddafi was humiliated and killed; and they did not condemn it, nor demanded a fair trial of those who committed this heinous crime against humanity?

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