In Iran’s Oil Gambit, EU Nations Have Much To Lose
The Europeans are in the midst of their most serious economic crisis in 60 years, and now they’re hearing it’s not just their own fate they have to consider: The whole global economy hangs in the balance. The International Monetary Fund last week warned that if Europe’s problems get any worse, it could push the [...]
On The Record: A Quest For De-Baptism In France
In France, an elderly man is fighting to make a formal break with the Catholic Church. He’s taken the church to court over its refusal to let him nullify his baptism, and the case could have far-reaching effects. Seventy-one-year-old Rene LeBouvier’s parents and brother are buried in a churchyard in the tiny village of Fleury [...]
Mexican Community Takes Taboo Stance On Guns
In Mexico, where criminals are armed to the teeth with high-powered weapons smuggled from the United States, it may come as a surprise that the country has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the world. Law-abiding Mexicans who want a gun to defend themselves have no good options. Either they fight government red [...]
Beyond Black Beans And Rice: Cuban Chefs Go Modern
Ham sandwiches, hot-pressed and gooey with cheese. Neat piles of black beans and rice. Grilled chicken. This is the simple, filling fare served at Cuban restaurants around the world. And like the iconic, rusty Studebakers that line the streets of Havana, Cuban food hasn’t changed much since the 1950s. The communist government’s stranglehold on the [...]
After Bombings, An Exodus From A Nigerian City
The New Road bus station in the heart of Kano is a scene of bedlam. Men, women and children are milling around, with huge bundles and baggage in all shapes and sizes, waiting to be loaded onto half-a-dozen buses. Others are already on board. They’re in a desperate hurry to head south, leaving behind this [...]
U.N. Atomic Agency To Visit Iran For New Probe
A senior delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency visits Iran on Sunday in a renewed attempt to probe aspects of Iran’s nuclear program that could be connected to nuclear weapons work. For years, the IAEA has been trying to get answers to some very uncomfortable questions about Iran’s nuclear program. Iran insists it has [...]
In Egypt: Charges, Trial Could Be Next, Says Sam LaHood
While he says it is “patently false” for anyone to say that the International Republican Institute offices he directs are in any way behind the anti-government protests in Egypt, American Sam LaHood told All Things Considered host Melissa Block this afternoon that he’s been warned by the organization’s attorney that he and others may soon [...]
State-Of-The-Art Hospital Offers Hope For Haiti
Even before the devastating earthquake in 2010, Haiti’s public health care system was perhaps the worst in the Western hemisphere. Then the quake knocked down clinics, killed medical workers and severely damaged the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, the capital. Now, Partners in Health, the Boston-based group, has set out to build a world-class teaching hospital [...]
Reading The Tea Leaves: Cuba’s Communists Convene
In Cuba this weekend, President Raul Castro will preside over the first meeting of the island’s all-powerful Communist Party since last April. Castro has lowered expectations for any new economic reform announcements, saying that internal party affairs will be the business at hand. But many Cubans will be watching for signs of who is rising [...]
In Morocco, Unemployment Can Be A Full-Time Job
It is rush hour in Rabat, the Moroccan capital, and time for the march of unemployed college graduates. They are part of a movement that has become a rite of passage. It’s a path to a government career for a lucky few, even though it can take years. “I have a degree, a master’s degree [...]
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