by Cynthia Wilmot, Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - We pay homage to the term "rising economy" as if it really meant very much to our health,...

by Yulia Latynina, Moscow Times, Russia - There is no doubt that Saakashvili was provoked into taking military action against South Ossetia. Under the leadership...

by Justine Shaw, The Independent, UK - I regularly ponder how it became possible for one man and his handful of ruthless, greedy colleagues to...

by Erin Solaro, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, USA - America is becoming a vast, open-air debtors' prison and the walls are going up all around us. Unless...

by Zofeen Ebrahim, Inter Press Service, Italy - ’For you it’s just another story. If you want the truth go to Ghazni where you will...