Blaze in overcrowded facility kills 81, marking unofficial end to national (and global) celebration of rescue of Chilean miners No good news lately for Chilean President Sebastian Piñera (rt), who’d basked in October’s rescue (Photo: Hugo Infante, govt of Chile) EYES INSIDE – LATIN AMERICA Just two months after Chile basked in the storybook rescue […]
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Diplomats in Washington and Europe see a major pendulum swing back toward good relations with Moscow. Will it last? Putin and Obama (Mark Rain via Flickr) PARIS – “One step forward, two steps back,” Lenin once said. But there are signs now that relations between Russia, the United States and Europe may just be set […]
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A Religious Awakening As China Booms
Disoriented by economic growth, China has gone from 100 to 300 million believers. But religion is still held on a tight leash by the authorities.
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A Religious Awakening As China Booms
Disoriented by economic growth, China has gone from 100 to 300 million believers. But religion is still held on a tight leash by the authorities.
The French first lady’s fame has reached new levels in India
The French first lady’s fame has reached new levels in India LE FIGARO/Worldcrunch By Charles Jaigu NEW DELHI – On December 4, French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in India, a state visit aimed at strengthening economic ties and forging a new nuclear deal between Paris and the surging South Asian democracy. And, while Sarkozy’s maiden […]
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Rethinking Diplomacy After WikiLeaks
Like a global version of the Chinese water torture, Wikileaks has been dripping revelations day after day that will render diplomacy painful and less useful for the common good. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange/Worldcrunch (Jose Mesa via Flickr) Paris-The fact that international relations’ specialists aren’t learning anything new from these revelations is beside the point. What […]
With Christians increasingly targets of violence, Italy’s Foreign Minister makes their safety a centerpiece of his Baghdad trip. Fate of Iraq’s best-known Christian, former Saddam aide Tariq Aziz, also on agenda. Baghdad – Pressed by Italy’s Foreign Minister, Iraq has announced that it will form a parliamentary commission to investigate the recent spate of killings […]
In the northern city of Brescia, a Pakistani father allegedly tries to kidnap his daughter to stop her from marrying her Indian boyfriend. Tourists flock to the Verona balcony where Juliet was said to have called out to Romeo (Flickr) By Beatrice Raspa Mairano – Shakespeare’s telling of the ancient tribal tragedy of Romeo and […]
By Philippe Escande Paris – Frédéric Vincent is one unhappy CEO. The Chinese are invading us, they do not comply with our basic rules for doing business. This was the essence of the message Vincent, the chief of French cable maker Nexans, sent in a letter to European Commission President José Manuel Barroso. In question […]