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Libyans Say NATO’s Bomb Sometimes Hit Civilians

NATO’s role in Libya was crucial to the rebellion that toppled Moammar Gadhafi, but that assistance came at a cost, according to some Libyans. Mohammed Abueishi lives in the Souq al-Juma neighborhood of Tripoli, near an apartment building on a quiet residential street that was hit by a NATO aistrike on June 19, a little [...]

Used Lab Equipment Finds A Second Home Overseas

Science is an expensive endeavor. Labs in the U.S. can easily spend millions of dollars each year on equipment, chemicals and supplies alone. But for scientists in the developing world, these costs are often prohibitive. That’s where a clever idea has made all the difference. In a Harvard Medical School corridor on a rainy Saturday [...]

Drug Violence Swamps A Once Peaceful Mexican City

In the latest twist to Mexico’s drug wars, a new group has vowed to launch a paramilitary offensive against a leading drug cartel in Veracruz, a city that has become a flashpoint in the violence. Over the last month more than 100 bodies have been strewn around the city, which is one of Mexico’s largest [...]

Travel Photography: An Eastward Eye

At first glance, it’s hard to tell when these photos were taken. If you notice the Polaroid border, you’re getting warmer — and of course the captions give it away. Martin Westlake has a knack for capturing something timeless. A photo spread in Audubon Magazine jumped out at me recently. Maybe it was the filmic [...]

The ‘Informal Economy’ Driving World Business

More than half of all employed people worldwide work off the books. And that number is expected to climb over the next decade. “Estimates are that the informal economy around the world is [worth] about $10 trillion a year,” says journalist Robert Neuwirth. “That’s an astounding figure because what it means, basically, is that if [...]

Reporting On The Front Lines Of Mexico’s Drug War

Since 2006, 40,000 people have been murdered in Mexico as drug cartels battle each other and the Mexican military. British journalist Ioan Grillo has spent the past 10 years covering the Mexican drug trade. His book El Narco traces how Mexico came to dominate drug trafficking, how it spread throughout the country, and how the [...]

3 People Pulled Out Of Turkish Quake Rubble Alive

Two teachers and a university student were rescued from ruined buildings in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, three days after a devastating earthquake, but searchers said hopes of finding anyone else alive were rapidly fading. NTV television said 25-year-old teacher Seniye Erdem was pulled out around the same time that rescue workers also freed another teacher. [...]

Fresh Violence Strains Reforms For Turkish Kurds

Turkish soldiers, artillery and military aircraft are engaged in their biggest military operation in a decade after a raid last week by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, killed 24 soldiers and wounded more than 100. The operation comes as Turkish politicians begin to debate a new constitution that many hope will grant Turkey’s Kurdish [...]

South Africa Reconsiders Walmart’s Bid For Retailer

In May, the South African government approved Walmart’s bid to buy Massmart for more than $2 billion. Massmart is the largest retail chain in southern Africa, operating in 14 countries. But now the government is reconsidering that ruling. Workers’ unions have long opposed the plan because of concerns that the deal could lead to significant [...]

Gadhafi Buried, Location Kept Secret

The bodies of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi and his son Muatassim were buried this morning in a secret location, according to officials of the local military council in Misrata, Libya. Gadhafi was captured and killed last Thursday in his hometown of Sirte. For most of the last four days, his body had been on [...]