POLITICS: Mideast Anti-Globalisation Movement Looks for Partners

When the streets of Genoa, Seattle and Washington teemed with anti-globalisation protestors, the streets of Cairo, Amman, Riyadh, and other Middle Eastern cities were silent. Here, it seems, the movement is as shy as governments are repressive.

POLITICS-U.S.: After the Fireworks, Who Picks Up the Pieces?

Evicting al-Qaeda and the Taliban was the easy part; the aftermath is turning out to be much more difficult.

POLITICS-U.S.: After the Fireworks, Who Picks Up the Pieces?

Evicting al-Qaeda and the Taliban was the easy part; the aftermath is turning out to be much more difficult.

POLITICS-U.S.: Pentagon Mulls Disinformation Campaign in Terror War

When the Pentagon insists that one of its missiles hit senior al-Qaeda leaders meeting near Khost, Afghanistan, but local residents swear that the victims were peasants salvaging scrap metal, who is more credible?

MEDIA: Broadcasters Grapple With Environmental Agenda

The 1992 Earth Summit triggered a surge in media reporting on the environment but television journalists say they still find it difficult to sustain coverage of sustainable development.

/CORRECTED/POLITICS: EU-OIC Forum Favours Co-existence of Civilizations

East and West met at fabled Istanbul's Bosphorus Straits meandering between the two continents and, in the first such powwow since September 11, found out that the two civilizations need not clash and can easily co-exist - and even co-operate.

POLITICS-TURKEY: EU-OIC Forum Favours Co-existence of Civilizations

East and West met this week at fabled Istanbul's Bosphorus Straits meandering between the two continents and, in the first such powwow since September 11, found out that the two civilizations need not clash and can easily co-exist - and even co-operate.

INDIA: ‘People’s Election’ Offers Novel Approach to Kashmir

A key group that represents a segment of Kashmiri opinion critical of the Indian state, the All-Party Hurriyat Conference, this week made the dramatic announcement that it will hold a "people's election" in both the Indian and Pakistani parts of Jammu and Kashmir.

POLITICS: Pakistan, Afghanistan Renew Ties As Pivotal U.S. Allies

Afghan interim head Hamid Karzai's journey to Islamabad on Feb. 8 may have been short in terms of both duration and flight time from Kabul, but in terms of symbolism and substance it covered a long journey in the relationship between the two neighbours.

POLITICS-U.S.: Mission Hegemony, Outlook Uncertain

Five months after the Sep. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, President George W. Bush appears more determined than ever to forge a new world order based on unrivaled U.S. military power.

POLITICS-U.S.: Mission Hegemony, Outlook Uncertain

Five months after the Sep. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, President George W. Bush appears more determined than ever to forge a new world order based on unrivaled U.S. military power.

POLITICS-U.S.: Increased Foreign Military Training, Deployments Foreseen

U.S. training of foreign militaries increased steeply during the 1990s and seems poised for rapid expansion in coming months.

POLITICS: Iraq is not Afghanistan

American officials say U.S. President George W Bush's identification of Iran, Iraq and North Korea as the "axis of evil" does not mean attacks are imminent, but Washington's view continues to unsettle parts of the Middle East.

POLITICS-U.S.: All Power to the Hawks

Secretary of State Colin Powell must be feeling very frustrated.

POLITICS: Bush Moves Ever Closer to Sharon

The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush has moved much closer to the views of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, so far without explicitly adopting Sharon's apparent goal - the final collapse of the eight-year-old Oslo peace process to reach a settlement of the 55-year-old Israeli- Palestinian conflict.

POLITICS-SRI LANKA: New Peace Attempt Sows New Hopes, New Risks

On the face of it, Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels are sporting new political stripes -- those of peace.

POLITICS-U.S.: No Consensus on Terrorism Causes or Remedies

U.S. opinion has rallied behind President George W. Bush's war against al-Qaeda and Afghanistan's Taliban regime but remains at odds about the root causes of the terror attacks that triggered Washington's military action and how to address those causes in the future.

SOUTH ASIA: Foreign Intervention Needed to Avert Catastrophe

A week after the terrorist attack on India's Parliament House, which killed 13 people, India and Pakistan are at each other's throats, threatening retaliation and counter-retaliation.

/REPEAT/POLITICS: Thicket of Hurdles Awaits Interim Kabul Regime

The ink has hardly dried on the Bonn agreement between non-Taliban Afghan leaders for a 29-member, "broad- based" interim administration led by Hamid Karzai.

POLITICS: Thicket of Hurdles Awaits Interim Kabul Regime

The ink has hardly dried on the Bonn agreement between non-Taliban Afghan leaders for a 29-member, "broad- based" interim administration led by Hamid Karzai.

POLITICS: Iraq Veers Back Into Washington’s Crosshairs

With the Taliban on the run and U.S. allies advancing on all fronts in Afghanistan, Phase II of President George W. Bush's ''war on terrorism'' - specifically, the merits of a major military ouster of Iraq's Saddam Hussein - have re-emerged as Washington's favoured topic of speculation.