17 Jan
Events of Interest and Analyses, A Foreign Perspective
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Syria rejects Arab troop proposalForeign ministry says comments by Qatar’s emir risk “killing” chance of Syria working with the Arab League.
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Rivals assail Romney before S Carolina vote
Republican front-runner faces questions over tax and his tenure as head of private equity firm in pre-primary debate.
Last Modified: 17 Jan 2012 13:47 GMT
Extradition of alleged bin Laden aide blocked
European human rights court says there is a “real risk” that evidence against Abu Qatada had been “obtained by torture”.
Last Modified: 17 Jan 2012 13:29 GMT
El Salvador marks civil war, two decades on
President Mauricio Funes apologises for civil war massacre but that may not be enough to heal nation’s scars.
Witness 17 Jan 2012 14:59 GMT
Video footage reveals a high-stakes game of cat and mouse between captor and captive at Guantanamo Bay prison.
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Asia
Pakistan in turmoil as courts clash with PM
Generals look on as Supreme Court starts contempt proceedings against Gilani
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Afghanistan ‘will need years of help’
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Huaxi: The socialist village where everyone is wealthy
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Kazakhstan poll failed to meet ‘basic standards’
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Goa: The gig all male poll officials want, but can’t have
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North Korea puts the welcome mat out for AP bureau
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Pakistan’s PM Yousuf Raza Gilani faces court proceedings
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Counting the billions: India starts to empower its people
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Taliban denies Pakistani leader has been killed
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Tibetans clash with police after man sets himself on fire
For too many African-Americans, prison is a legacy passed from father to son
Gary Younge in Los Angeles: Today is Martin Luther King Day. But with more African-American men facing jail than were enslaved in 1850, there is little to celebrate 610 comments
Jon Huntsman: chronicle of a defeat foretold
James Antle: Huntsman was doomed by a misguided strategy to run as a moderate in a race where the conservative base calls the shots 102 comments
Martin Luther King Jr’s universal message
Kevin Powell: That Dr King fought not just for civil rights for African Americans but for social justice for all keeps his mission compellingly alive 35 comments
This Republican abuse of the system is not the American way
Jonathan Freedland: The centuries-old US political system is one to be admired. Yet ironically it’s under threat from those who claim to be patriots 363 comments
The marines urination video doesn’t show the real war crime
Ross Caputi: The urination video does not shock me so much as the public’s tolerance of these immoral wars that make criminals of marines 454 comments
Calling us angry? Michelle Obama and the ‘angry black woman’ label
Pamela Merritt, Hannah Pool, Bonnie Greer, Bim Adewunmi and Latoya Peterson: Five women explain how they feel about the ‘angry black woman’ image the first lady says she has been saddled with 245 comments
Why California’s prisoners are starving for solitary change
Sadhbh Walshe: Californian prisoners have repeatedly gone on hunger strike over the solitary confinement in which some spend decades 208 comments
About the Keystone XL pipeline, my reservation
Dana Lone Hill: I learned about the tar sands oil pipeline that threatens our land from my children – appropriately, since it’s their future at stake
