Los Angeles Times
Police in riot gear swept into a makeshift opposition camp in the heart of the Belarusian capital early today and dragged more than 300 protesters into waiting trucks, ending for the moment the most significant groundswell of anti-government protest in President Alexander Lukashenko’s 12 years as president.In a chillingly efficient, 15-minute operation, commandos […]
CNN
Protesters demonstrating against a new French labor law damaged cars and sparred with police Thursday on a grassy square in front of the tomb of Napoleon in central Paris.A Paris police spokeswoman said 43 people were arrested.
The Paris police chief told French radio that “200 to 300 rowdies” were responsible for the violence.
The French do […]
Reuters
Afghanistan’s judiciary will not bow to outside pressure over the fate of a man who faces the death penalty for converting to Christianity, a judge dealing with the case said on Thursday.U.S. President George W. Bush said he was deeply troubled by the case of Abdur Rahman, who an Afghan judge said this week had […]
Washington Post
Mr. Bush, however, hasn’t lost sight of the stakes. “The enemy has said that it’s just a matter of time before the United States loses its nerve and withdraws from Iraq. That is what they have said,” he told reporters. “And their objective for driving us out of Iraq is to have a place […]
HOLDING THE FORT: WHAT TO EXPECT IN BELARUS
The reason there are only a few hundred people left on the square is because those are the most fearless, most adamant demonstrators who have vowed to hold the square. Milinkevich has announced that Saturday, March 25, will be the day when everyone will return to the square. […]
Fareed Zakaria examines the situation in Iraq in Newsweek
In the first weeks after the invasion, I was very critical of several of the administration’s decisions—crucially, invading with a light force and dismantling the governing structures of Iraq (including the bureaucracy and Army). My criticisms grew over the first 18 months of the invasion, a period […]
Americans for Freedom: My McCain 2008 PRO & CON Analysis (via Vodkapundit) is a pretty good listing of what as good and bad about John McCain from a republican point of view. Also a bit on the other possible nominees, both on the Republican and Democratic sides.
Most of the positive aspects he lists for McCain […]
CBC News
ETA, the Basque separatist group believed responsible for more than 800 deaths in Spain in the last 45 years, said Wednesday that it was imposing a “permanent ceasefire” in its quest for an independent homeland.A video statement sent to Basque television and newspaper offices said “ETA has decided to declare a permanent ceasefire as […]
BBC NEWS
The TV series spin-off of the Stars Wars film franchise will run to at least 100 episodes, according to producer Rick McCallum.He told BBC Radio 1 the writing team would soon be meeting to start on the project, which would begin filming in 2008 and be ready the same year.
“Hopefully if we can make […]
CNN.com
China and Russia are united in pushing for more diplomacy to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue, China said on Tuesday, a day after the two deflected Western moves to authorize U.N. Security Council threats against Iran.After more than two weeks of discussions, the five veto-wielding members of the Security Council — China, Russia, the United […]
