Sunday, September 30, 2007

Jamaica: The more things change...

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At almost exactly this time last year, wrapping up a several-week’s long trip to Jamaica, one of my favorite places, and I published an art...
Saturday, September 29, 2007

Two economic articles of note

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The Inter Press Service published a pair of my articles this week looking at economic developments across North Africa in the automotive and...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Improved Regional Integration Still Key For Success

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TRADE-AFRICA: Improved Regional Integration Still Key For Success By Michael Deibert Inter Press Service PARIS, Sep 25, 2007 (IPS) - Whil...
Monday, September 24, 2007

Two Years After Riots, Little Has Changed

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FRANCE: Two Years After Riots, Little Has Changed By Michael Deibert Inter Press Service CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, Sep 24 (IPS) - The community in t...
Saturday, September 22, 2007

Why Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should be allowed to speak at Columbia University

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The execution by stoning of Jafar Kiani violates Iran’s obligations under international human rights treaties that it has ratified. Iran is ...
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Monday, September 17, 2007

What to do in Iraq

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A recent Op-Ed in the Economist , a magazine that I respect even though it occasionally seems to err on the side of having contributors who ...
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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Sarkozy Hedges Free Market With Government Control

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FRANCE: Sarkozy Hedges Free Market With Government Control By Michael Deibert Inter Press Service PARIS, Sep 15 (IPS) - Following nearly ...
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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Travels through the north country

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Though this blog is often devoted to far weightier matters than the trajectory of my weekend entertainments (I hope), this past Saturday my ...
Monday, September 03, 2007

FRANCE: New Employment Law Sets Stage for Showdown

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FRANCE: New Employment Law Sets Stage for Showdown By Michael Deibert Inter Press Service PARIS, Sep 3, 2007 (IPS) - On a rainy day in a...

Down to 'The Wire': Thoughts on the end of the only television show worth watching

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I watched my first episode of The Wire , the HBO series chronicling the machinations of various law enforcement, drug dealing and political...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

African Countries Stand Up to EU

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African Countries Stand Up to EU By Michael Deibert Inter Press Servce PARIS, Aug 28, 2007 (IPS) - Concern over getting too little in retur...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007

L'Affaire Libyenne Shows a New Policy

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L'Affaire Libyenne Shows a New Policy By Michael Deibert Inter Press Service PARIS, Aug 27 (IPS) - When the government of Libyan leader ...

FRANCE: Differences Arise Over Education Law

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FRANCE: Differences Arise Over Education Law By Michael Deibert Inter Press Service PARIS, Aug 27 (IPS) - The government of President Nico...
Friday, August 24, 2007

Gassant and the Senate: A pointless showdown with no winners in sight

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The current face-off taking place between Port-au-Prince’s chief prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, and Haiti’s parliament has thus far shown signs...
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Monday, August 20, 2007

The ghost of the St. Louis sails through the Negev

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In 1939, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States of America, denied permission to the MS St. Louis , a German oc...
Saturday, August 11, 2007

In defense of Taslima Nasreen

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Even as I was perusing my friend Dilip D’Souza’s well thought-out and persuasive rational argument on Kashmir, however, the faces of intoler...
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An electoral solution for Kashmir

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I was very happy to learn this week that the Indian journalist Dilip D’Souza was awarded first prize by the India National Interest website...

On the passing of Tony Wilson

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Anthony “Tony” Wilson, the Manchester music impresario who was instrumental in the creation of that city’s Factory Records label as well as ...
Sunday, August 05, 2007

“Freedom always has a price."

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For about two hours this afternoon, I found myself transported to revolutionary-era Iran, Vienna, and back again to Paris under the aegis of...
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Saturday, August 04, 2007

Distasteful politicking in Haiti?

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Perish the thought! Thought that was indeed what was evidently behind this week’s successful passage of a parliamentary motion in Haiti of ...