Telegraph July 19, 2009 European governments have postponed the publication of the Swiss-led investigation from July 31 to the end of September, amid fears of new tensions between Russia and Georgia in August, which marks the first anniversary of the Kremlin’s invasion. more
Financial Times July 18, 2009 Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, criticised the excesses of the financial community in New York and London on Friday and vowed to push for tougher financial regulation at September’s next G20 summit in Pittsburgh. more
International Herald Tribune July 17, 2009 For several years, the prevailing winds blowing over the African continent have come from China. more
Washington Post July 17, 2009 For the past three decades, the United States has been Iran’s “Great Satan.” Schoolchildren learned to chant “Down With U.S.A.” Conservative clerics sermonized against America. Anti-American murals depicting images such as a skull-faced Statue of Liberty dotted Tehran. more
International Herald Tribune July 16, 2009 The deep concern among America’s Eastern European allies over improved relations between Russia and the United States spilled into the open on Thursday when 22 prominent figures, including Poland’s Lech Walesa and the Czech Republic’s Vaclav Havel, published an open letter to the Obama administration begging not to be […]