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28 December 2011
Palestine: Those who inspired us in 2011
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Ramzy Baroud
Mustafa Tamimi was a 28-year-old resident of the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. His meticulously trimmed beard served as the centerpiece of his handsome face.

In December 2009, when an Israeli soldier shot him from a short...
25 December 2011
Burma frees a comedian to travel to America
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's most famous dissident comedian, who survived "electronic shock" torture during eight years in prison, has been allowed out of his Southeast Asian country for the first time and is traveling to the Clinton...
14 December 2011
Masked in Gaza: The untold history of Palestinian 'militancy'
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Ramzy Baroud
Essam Al-Batsh and his nephew, Sobhi Al-Batsh, are the latest in a long line of reported Palestinian 'militants' killed by Israel. They were both targeted while driving in a car in downtown Gaza on December 8. According to an Israeli army...
05 December 2011
Are Americans in line for Gitmo?
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Ray McGovern
Ambiguous but alarming new wording, which is tucked into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and was just passed by the Senate, is reminiscent of the “extraordinary measures” introduced by the Nazis after they took power in 1933...
04 December 2011
Are Americans in Line for Gitmo?
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Ray McGovern
Ambiguous but alarming new wording, which is tucked into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and was just passed by the Senate, is reminiscent of the “extraordinary measures” introduced by the Nazis after they took power in 1933...
26 November 2011
Thailand's fugitive ex-Prime Minister fails to get pardon
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The government's first apparent attempt to win an amnesty for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is a convicted international fugitive, failed after it was condemned as inappropriate to include him among 26,...

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