Initial signs point to Islamist terror groups as culprits in the attack that killed 17 in Marrakech. What does it mean for the reform promises from King Mohammed VI?
Month: April 2011
Germany is a world leader when it comes to green energy. But while its windmills and solar panels may be cleaning up the atmosphere, they’re also sullying the landscape.
The kitsch that accompanied John Paul in life and in death is in full force ahead of Sunday’s ceremony that puts him on the road to Sainthood. Are the faithful really just devoted fans?
This debonair Spaniard and Opus Dei member spent more than two decades alongside the Polish pontiff. As John Paul II moves one step closer to sainthood with Sunday’s beatification, Navarro-Valls says the departed Pope is still not fully understoo
As the hunt continues for data from a 2009 Air France plane crash in the Atlantic, a new French device could make such lengthy searches a thing of the past.
A sweeping new Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibition in Zurich pays tribute to the father of photojournalism in a career-spanning retrospective.
When she published nude photos of herself online, model Ngoc Quyen ignited a debate on the changing values in Vietnam, where both Confucius and Karl Marx are losing influence.
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Israel’s Syria Conundrum
Israel is avoiding official comment over the recent events in Syria, where the regime is a longstanding enemy neighbor. But the enemy you don’t know can always be worse.
The different ways the West and Asia look at robots is defining their shape — and uses.
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Kethevane Gorjestani
“Journalism is about bringing the information people want, but also bringing them the information they don’t know they want until they get it.”
Anti-government protestors in the southern city of Aden, are not just calling for Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign, they also want to separate from the north. Chronicle of a divided revolution.
French writer Bruno Fay argues that lies regularly told by the authorities and a general mistrust of official speech are to be blamed for the spread of conspiracy theories for everything from 9/11 to Nicolas Sarkozy’s biography.
France, which gets the vast majority of its electricity from nuclear power, is looking hard at safety at its 59 plants after the disaster at the Fukushima reactors in Japan. At the EDF energy giant, this world leader in atomic energy tries to show it is a
A R A B I C A ارابيكا POPULAR THREAT The Facebook page of the “Syrian Revolution 2011” currently features a menacing message promising surprises for the Syrian regime. The message reads: ”On this day, Tuesday, April 5, 2011, and after putting our faith in God, we shall surprise the oppressive and terrorist police state […]
Researchers want to analyze the DNA – and skull — of the Renaissance woman who most believe sat for Leonardo, to finally verify the true identity of the legendary subject.
Essay: Marine Le Pen in France is the latest face of European neo-populism, which mixes ideals of freedom and feminism, with open hostility toward Islam.
Some 30 people are missing, 20 arrested and more than 200 placed under interrogation, as the pro-democracy uprising in the Arab creates a quiet panic within the Chinese regime.
A R A B I C A ارابيكا VIDEO LETTER *Social media gives Arab citizens a way to communicate with their leadership directly, bypassing the heavily censored traditional media, and shattering taboos in the process with what has become stunning frequency. In Jordan, a “Letter to Jordan’s King Abdullah from a young man” was posted […]
Concerns are growing for the health of the some 600 people, so-called liquidators, struggling to stop deadly radiation leaking from the Fukushima nuclear plant. Many are resigned to the fact they could be dead within weeks.
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Hyundai Takes Aim At Bypassing VW Passat?
In Germany and Japan, no competitor has been able to match the VW Passat. But Korean carmaker Hyundai is taking aim at the midsized market. A German car reviewer takes a spin.
Wine guru Robert Parker pays unique homage to Barolo 2007, a vintage that could down as a once-in-a-generation offering. And the Italians rejoice.
Fares al-Fayez accuses the King’s inner circle of corruption, and “his wife” of spending lavishly and favoring Palestinians. The focus, he says, should be on a common enemy: Israel.
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How Laughter Saved Tunisia
Essay: Who says that all revolutionaries should be grim and gloomy? It certainly wasn’t the case in Tunisia, where humor has always been used as a political weapon.
A R A B I C A ارابيكا YEMEN, IN THE CAPITAL *As hundreds of thousands of protesters poured into Yemen’s streets on Friday demanding, as they have for weeks, that President Ali Abdullah Saleh resign immediately, regime supporters came out in droves to demand that he stay. As Yemen crumbles around him – amidst […]
Essay: Syrian-born filmmaker Charif Kiwan provides a Mediterranean history lesson and salutes those daring to defy the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. But he knows the dictator will not cede power easily.
For now, the Western coalition has focused on air support for Libyan rebels rather than arms supplies. So beleaguered anti-Gaddafi forces have resorted to constructing their own weapons. Here’s how.
Barack Obama’s discourse on military intervention in Libya has been seen as a blueprint for his new approach to U.S. decisions on war and peace. Le Figaro dissects the so-called “Obama doctrine,” and what it means for United States — and the res
A recent report by France’s national audit office has concluded that the country’s top art museums are costing too much, as others are busy trying to cut public spending.
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