by Linda McQuaig, Toronto Star, Canada - “We can have democracy . . . or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few. We cannot have both.”

by Erna Mačkić, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Bosnia and Herzegovina - In its sixth year of operation, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Chamber for War Crimes sentenced 15 persons to a total of 156 years in prison, and acquitted seven, while the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina claims that they are also investigating one thousand suspects over war crimes offences.

by Hannah Beech, Time, USA - Far from being a simple morality tale of good vs. evil, the Lady against the generals, what happens in Burma carries global significance. Jammed between Asia's two emerging powers, China and India, Burma is strategically sensitive, a critical piece in the new Great Game of global politics. This is no totalitarian backwater like North Korea. Even though many Western governments have imposed sanctions on Burma's military regime for its atrocious human-rights record, a new competition is unfolding in this crossroads nation: regional powers are scrambling for access to Burma's plentiful natural gas, timber and minerals...

by Karen Weise, Pro Publica, USA - Despite revelations coming up and down the financial spectrum, there have been no major criminal charges and almost no civil charges against executives.

by Carol Mann, Khaleej Times, Pakistan - In the city once known as Stanleyville, the theater of some of the bloodiest African wars in recent times, educators are hoping that a new university initiative will help heal the country as it struggles to attain peace and progress.

by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar, Middle East Online, UK - What freedom means to women is the ability to choose, and feminism is all about respecting the choices other women make, regardless if we like it or not, argues Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar.

by Nadine Wilson, Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - Men tell why they hit women and cook to make a difference. After seeing his stepfather physically abuse his mother on a number of occasions, 23-year-old Zico Dubidad vowed he would never lay his hand on a woman. But sadly he reneged on his promise recently when in a fit of rage, he too hit the mother of his child.