The President of Yemen had been under intense pressure. First, from the U.S
Yemen in Crisis: Last Impasse Before the Storm?
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Arming Libya’s Rebels: A Debate in Doha
Guns, money, oil, and an ex-spy chief slinking in the shadows: that’s what it came down to Wednesday in Qatar’s capital Doha when the NATO-led alliance marshaling air strikes on Libya gathered to defend its actions and brainstorm on how to help a ragtag rebel army finally dethrone Colonel Muammar Qaddafi. The coalition dismissed recent criticism and claims of inner discord with an early statement that the “international community remained united and firm in its resolve.” The same statement boasted that the alliance’s “efforts to date had exerted significant pressure on Gaddafi, protected civilians ..
Egypt: Is the Military with or Against the Revolution?
When I met Awad Mahmoud el-Abedy, a 36-year-old tour guide, on Feb. 4, he was manning a pile of stones at the southern entrance to Tahrir Square and had the wild-eyed disheveled look of a freedom fighter
Is Negotiating with Gaddafi the Only Way Out?
South African President Jacob Zuma landed in Tripoli Sunday to meet with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to discuss a resolution to the ongoing crisis.
Bobby and Ethel Kennedy’s Brood: The Weight of Legacy
In the golden years, at a dinner party for the Duchess of Devonshire, Ethel Kennedy slipped in a worldly addendum to the grace she said before the meal. “And please, dear God, make Bobby buy me a bigger dining-room table.” It was an understandable plea from the mistress of Hickory Hill, the Robert Kennedy family’s child-beswarmed antebellum homestead in McLean, Va
Hundreds More Die at Sea Fleeing North Africa for Europe
Of the more than 200 people who packed themselves onto a 40-foot boat for a dangerous journey out of Libya and across the Mediterranean earlier this week, only 51 are alive today. The rest are gone, swept into icy waters after their boat capsized during a rescue operation early Wednesday morning.
Standing Up to Iran: Gulf Alliance Flexes Its Muscles
Pilots winging over raging Libyan battlefields in Mirage and F-16 fighter jets. A convoy of troops and tanks rumbling to the aid of an embattled partner
Religion: Priests and Nuns: Going Their Way
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Foreign Relations: A Look Down That Long Road
To the members of the National Security Council, seated around the coffin-shaped table in the Cabinet Room of the White House, the President of the U.S.
Exercise Can Counteract Obesity Genes, Says Study
Some families, alas, are fatter than others. But for dieters continually at war with their genes, there’s good news in a study published in this week’s PLoS Medicine: they can burn off 40% of their genetic predisposition to obesity by exercising.