For weeks, the U.N.’s mission in the Ivory Coast has sat pinned down in its quarters, watching as this West African country lurched toward civil war.
Ivory Coast: As Violence Intensifies, U.N. Finally Enters the Fray
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Protecting Abducted Kids: Rethinking the Hague Convention
In 1980, an international treaty was designed to return children who had been abducted by a parent who moved to another country. Back then, the people drafting the treaty thought the typical abductor would be a noncustodial father skipping town with the kids, leaving mom with little recourse to try to get her children back
Battle for the Soul of the Internet
There was nothing very special about the message that made Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel the most hated couple in cyberspace. It was a relatively straightforward advertisement offering the services of their husband-and-wife law firm to aliens interested in getting a green card — proof of permanent-resident status in the U.S
UNITED NATIONS: The Third World and Its Wants
The struggle has been defined variously as rich v. poor, Southern Hemisphere v
Slaughter in Ivory Coast as the Grisly Political Standoff Intensifies
At least 800 people were slaughtered in the western Ivory Coast town of Duekoue on March 29, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, as it became the latest town caught in the spiral of post-electoral violence engulfing the country. Caritas, a Roman Catholic charity, estimated the death toll was 1,000
An E-Mail Plea: Help Pay My Tuition!
The e-mail looks like a scam: “I have to come up with big-time cash,” writes Max Stephenson. The 18-year-old is headed for New York University, he explains, but his mom is on disability, his dad works three jobs, and all his grants and loans only cover half of the school’s $50,000 annual tab.
A New Palestinian Movement: Young, Networked, Nonviolent
Fadi Quran is the face of the new Middle East.
The Moment
It is either sublime or ridiculous that one of the most important tools available to Iranians protesting the June 12 presidential election is Twitter.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II, with Eyes on Egypt, Boots Prime Minister
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Searching for Hit Teams:Libya
With its finely wrought balustrade, the Doric columns supporting its portico, the Villa Pietri looked like a Roman nobleman’s villa that had somehow been misplaced on the edge of the African continent.