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Europe Offers a New Dream of a Green,

By Zlatica Hoke For more than two centuries, the American dream -- the idea that everyone in this country can achieve personal success through hard work and determination -- has been a source of hope,

Analysts Say Establishing Security

By Ed Warner Nasyr Shansab, an Afghan of average size and amiable disposition, was working at his desk at his home in Kabul when three strangers at it. They demanded $20,000 or else. Anticipating atta

Tunisia Women Make Strides

By Brent Hurd Throughout the ancient medina of Tunis, sleepy-eyed shopkeepers thrust open their doors for another day of commerce. The narrow walkways are empty but will soon be flooded with shoppers

African Union Moves to Heal Ivory Coast

By Jeffrey Young The streets of the coastal city of Abidjan are quiet again after 10 days of rioting against the French blamed on supporters of the president of Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Laurent Gb

Dutch Muslims Face Greater Challenges

By Serena Parker On the morning of November 2, Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot on his bicycle going to work. As he stumbled away toward a nearby building, his alleged assailant, Mohammed Bouyer

Scots-Irish Immigrants in America

By Nancy Beardsley The late Johnny Cash was a preeminent symbol of country music in America. He was also Scots-Irish, a product of the Southern rural culture where that music was born. James Webb says

America's Handguns are Controversial,

By Jeffrey Young Dunblane, Scotland. March 13, 1996. A man walks into a school with a number of handguns and opens fire. Sixteen kindergarten children and a teacher are slaughtered. Britain reacts wit

Tribal Traditions Clash with Modern Technocratic Society in

By Zlatica Hoke Monday's terror attack on the U.S. Consulate in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah is the latest violents against Westerners in the kingdom since last year. Zlatica Hoke report the count

American Muslims Disagree About Nature of Islam

By Ed Warner A group of young Muslims - pious, intense, hostile -- made Haitham Bundakji, the mosque chairman, uneasy. Isolated from other worshippers, they criticized him for wearing western clothes,

United States and European Union,

By Jela De Franceschi Many Europeans see President Bush's re-election not only as validation of a unilateralist national security strategy by fellow Americans, but also as repudiation of certain ideal

International Journalists Discuss

By Judith Latham The Sudanese government agreed Tuesday to halt military flights over the Darfur region, and it signed a separate agreement to allow access to aid for the nearly two million people dis

Murder in the Peace Corps

By Ed Warner Since its founding in 1961, the Peace Corps has sent 170,000 Americans to developing countries around the world offering help in projects ranging from housing to health to education to ag

Can Thai Royalty Stop the Violence?

By Brent Hurd Violence continues to escalate between Buddhists and Muslims in southern Thailand in the wake of a government action that killed scores of Muslims. Civic leaders fear still more bloodshe

Reporting from Iraq is a Deadly Job

By Zlatica Hoke Reporting from Iraq has proven to be a deadly job: more than 40 reporters have been killed in the 19 months since the start of the war. The security situation has grown so perilous in

Understanding Muslim Opinion

By Freshta Azizi America's troubled relationship with the Islamic world was the topic at a recent conference held by The World Affairs Council of Washington along with the League of Women Voters and t

Post-Arafat Palestinian Authority -- Who Will Lead?

By Jeffrey Young Yasser Arafat has led movements and then an administration -- the Palestinian National Authority -- representing the Palestinian people. His powerful personality has affected relation

The Quest for Honor

By Zlatica Hoke The concept of honor varies from one culture to another. It has also changed over time. Social scientists say understanding what honor means in other cultures is an essential part of e

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Rebuilding And Reconciliation

By Jeffrey Young At the end of 1995, after three years of war, Bosnia and Herzegovina was bloodsoaked. The conflict among Serbs, Croats, and Muslims - the so-called Bosniaks -- had shattered Sarajevo

Learning Center Conducts Workshops on Empowerment of Women

By Judith Latham Most development experts agree that improving the economic and political status of women is a key to combating the conditions that give rise to religious extremism, particularly in th