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Meanwhile, Back in Kurdistan
Should a Shi'ite ayatollah or Sunni military dictator come to power in Baghdad, the Kurdish leadership's current fling with the Iraqi state may come to an end. In an article for the conservative Jerusalem Post, Erik Schechter and Joseph Nasr review the current situation.
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Iraq a Vote Loser for Bush's European Allies
Analysis indicates Iraq policy has cost the British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi heavily at the ballot box. This pattern was repeated in other EU countries where Iraq was a major issue. J. Sean Curtin, in an article for Asia Times Online, writes about the results.
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Ronald Reagan - The World View
As America mourns the passing of the 40th President of the United States, memories of the Reagan years have dominated the international press. Worldpress.org presents comment and analysis from foreign capitals, current and past leaders, as well as Reagan's contemporaries, both allies and adversaries. The following international perspective may well be Ronald Reagan's ultimate eulogy.
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The Enigma That is Lebanese Hezbollah
Worldpress.org's contributing editor Alasdair Soussi, interviews Sheikh Khodor Nour Eddin, Hezbollah's leading political official in southern Lebanon.
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To Show or Not to Show?
The recent profusion of graphic televised footage of dead bodies, sometimes charred or disfigured, has raised difficult ethical and journalistic decisions for news editors, whether at CNN or the Hezbollah-backed Lebanese channel A-Manar. Written by Paul Cochrane, editors around the world talk about their decision-making polices on screening disturbing images.
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Is Al-Hurra Doomed?
The introduction of the U.S. - backed satellite channel Al-Hurra earlier this year was expected to cause a storm of change in Arabic television. Whether this has been the case elsewhere in the Middle East, it has generated controversy in Beirut, according to Paul Cochrane's article.
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U.S. Elections 2004
The world's press is full of articles about the upcoming U.S. elections. Worldpress.org will be providing updates, criticisms and comment from around the world. Updated 6/17/04
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Americas
Brazil, A Nation That Doesn't Read
Cecilia Jorge, Agência Brasil, June 14, 2004
G-8 Summit Opens in the U.S.
Comment and analysis from the international press, June, 2004
The World Commemorates D-Day
Comment and analysis from Manama, Seoul, Johannesburg, Toronto, Singapore, Sydney, Tel Aviv, and London, June, 2004
Fahrenheit 9/11 Wins Palme d'Or
Comment and analysis from New Delhi, Johannesburg, Toronto, Sydney, London, Buenos Aires, and Doha, May, 2004
The Passion Of The Christ Goes International
Gibson's "Passion" makes its debut worldwide, May, 2004
Was Aristide Forced Out?
Unsigned editorial, The Jamaica Gleaner (privately owned, independent), Kingston, Jamaica, March 4, 2004
The International Press on John Kerry
Comment and analysis from Chennai, Mexico City, London, Beijing, Budapest, Milan, Oslo, and Rio de Janeiro
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Asia
Fifteenth Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
Comment and analysis from Hong Kong, Doha, Paris, Sydney, Taipei, Melbourne, and London, June, 2004
A Former Child Soldier Speaks Out
Anuradha Herath, World Press Review Sri Lanka correspondent
Tracking an Untamed Man of Mystery
Angela Bennie, The Sydney Morning Herald (centrist), Sydney, Australia, March 8, 2004
War Without Ends
H. Thayer Walker III, Kathmandu, Nepal, March 4, 2004
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Middle East and North Africa
Al-Sadr's Demise?
Ahmed Mukhtar, Al Ahram Weekly (semi-official), Cairo, Egypt, June 1, 2004
Iraq's Education Setback
Ahmed Janabi, Aljazeera.net (English-language), Doha, Qatar, May 28, 2004
A Long Way From Home
Joharah Baker, Palestine Report Online (Independent Internet Weekly), East Jerusalem, May 6, 2004
Iraq Prisoner Abuse Draws International Media Outrage
Comment and analysis from London, Cairo, Paris, Madrid, Jakarta, Frankfurt, New Delhi, Zagreb, Istanbul, Moscow, Riyadh, Sydney, Beirut, and Johannesburg
Is Iraq Bush's Vietnam?
Farrukh Saleem, The Friday Times (independent), Lahore, Pakistan, April 21, 2004
The International Press on Rantisi's Assassination
Comment and analysis from London, Mexico City, Frankfurt, Islamabad, Moscow, Istanbul, Prague, Budapest, and Jerusalem
'A Limitless Inferno'
Basim al-Sheikh, Al-Dustour (independent), Baghdad, Iraq, April 3, 2004
The Next Lebanon?
Peter C. Valenti, World Press Review contributing editor, April 1, 2004
The Arab Press and the Assassination of Yassin
Editorials from six Arab newspapers
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