“I believe in Jesus Christ who has given his own life for us,” the doomed man said, staring straight into the video camera. “And I am ready to die for a cause.” Shahbaz Bhatti had no hesitation in his voice as he responded to a question about threats from the Taliban and al-Qaeda
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Gender equality’s final frontier
Freya Van den Bossche is, by any defnition, a success. At 28, she is Belgium’s Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and Consumer Affairs — the youngest cabinet minister in the country’s history, with a portfolio that includes food safety and protecting children online
Humanitarian Intervention: Whom to Protect, Whom to Abandon
Death and taxes are always with us, and so are arguments about whether nations ever have the right or duty to intervene in the affairs of others. The case for “humanitarian intervention,” under a variety of names, has been asserted at least since the great powers threw their weight behind Greece’s struggle for independence in the 1820s, but in its modern form was developed during the Wars of the Yugoslav Succession, when it appeared to many that armed force was the only way to end terrible atrocities.
Standing Up to Iran: Gulf Alliance Flexes Its Muscles
Pilots winging over raging Libyan battlefields in Mirage and F-16 fighter jets. A convoy of troops and tanks rumbling to the aid of an embattled partner
Honduran leadership deadlock resolved
Negotiators for deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and de facto President Roberto Micheletti have reached an agreement to form a government of national reconciliation that could reinstate Zelaya.
Uruguay headed for presidential runoff next month
A former guerrilla fighter jailed for 14 years and an ex-president were headed for a runoff next month for the presidency of Uruguay, after neither was expected to capture more than 50 percent of the vote in Sunday’s election. Mujica had led in two polls last week, but both showed him falling short of the 50-percent-plus-one vote he needed to win outright.
Is Mexico winning its war on drugs?
Mexico’s arrest of drug cartel suspects has become fairly commonplace. On Thursday, it was six suspected members of La Familia, based in Michoacan
Obama signs $7.5 billion Pakistan aid bill
President Obama signed legislation Thursday providing an additional $7.5 billion in assistance to the Pakistani government. The aid guarantee comes as the Pakistani government combats a wave of attacks believed to have been orchestrated by Taliban militants and as the Obama administration works on a comprehensive review of U.S.
Irish priest kidnapped during ‘evening stroll’ in Philippines
An Irish priest was kidnapped Sunday in the southern Philippines, his missionary society said.
Bodies of soldiers killed in Afghanistan due back in U.S.
The flag-draped coffins of at least four U.S. soldiers killed during a weekend onslaught against a U.S