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February 9, 2010

Marrakesh's Troubling Transformation into Luxury Hot Spot

by Britta Sandberg, Spiegel, Germany - Less than a decade ago, tourists shunned Morocco because of its poor infrastructure and supposedly unsafe conditions. Now, though, a major initiative started by the country's king has turned Marrakesh into a playground for the world's rich and famous. But not all of the effects have been positive.

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China Lets its Cash Speak in the Balkans

by Tamsin Walker, Deutsche Welle, Germany - As Brussels painstakingly deliberates the merits of aspiring European Union members in the Balkans, Beijing has begun an...

Women’s Work

by Linda Yablonsky, New York Times, USA - Hardly a Tweet had been sent after the Whitney Museum of American Art released the names of...

The Armenian, Assyrian And Greek Genocides: An Inconvenient Truth

by Lucine Kasbarian, Counter Currents, India - Recent articles in the mainstream media would have us believe that governments around the world somehow question the...

The Politics of Empowerment in India

by Neeta Lal, Asia Times, Hong Kong - Short-term political gains and scoring points have been higher in the minds of Indian parliamentarians than righting...

Water Wisdom

by Vandana Shiva, Resurgence, UK - Since 1966 – and as a consequence of the introduction of the Green Revolution model of water-intensive, chemical farming...