Misratah has become the Libyan war’s most infamous quagmire, despite its size and location. The rebel-held port city with a population of just half a million on the country’s western Mediterranean coast is completely isolated from the swaths of rebel-held territory in the east.
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Libya: Why John McCain Thinks the West Can Still Win
The war in Libya is not going well. Muammar Gaddafi shows no sign of giving up power
Sharing the Load
The farmers of western Niger normally spend the first few months of every year filling their mud-brick storage bins with grain.
Essay: The Problem with Venerating Aung San Suu Kyi
Are western policies failing Burma? And is our veneration of Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi partly to blame?
Is the Bible Fact or Fiction? Archaeology’s Discoveries
In another part of the world, it would have been a straightforward public-works project. A highway was too narrow to handle the increasing flow of traffic, so the authorities brought in heavy equipment to widen it.
Zug’s Secrets: Switzerland’s Corporate Hideaway
In the depths of a freezing winter in 2005, European politicians anguished, as they do during many winters, about supplying heat to millions of homes and businesses.
Aquamation, a Form of Cremation: Better for the Environment?
In Western societies, disposing of a dead body has come down to two choices: there’s burial, and there’s cremation.
Libya: Why the U.S. Should Not Force Regime Change
It has become virtually an article of faith among America’s chattering class that the Western intervention in Libya cannot be considered a success unless Muammar Gaddafi is removed from power.
Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge
One horrible day 1,600 years ago, the wisdom of many centuries went up in flames.
Italy: The Day the Earth Shook
When the first tremors began in the parched, rock-ribbed mountains of western Sicily last week, most of the 3,000 people of Salaparuta took refuge on the slopes just below their hilltop town.