Disturbing parallels in killings
After Mohamed Merah died in a hail of French police bullets last Thursday, people who had known him talked about "a polite and courteous boy" who liked "cars, bikes, sports and girls".
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Only technology can unmake its mess
Reporter: "What do you think of Western civilisation, Mr Gandhi?"
Mohandas Gandhi: "I think it would be a good idea."
Power shift: no need to panic
Last Wednesday, just as Chinese Vice-president Xi Jinping arrived in the United States for a four-day visit, US President Barack Obama told an audience of American workers in Milwaukee: "Manufact
Taking up arms may well be Syrian opposition's undoing
As the Syrian opposition abandons nonviolent protest for armed resistance, many people think this means President Bashar al-Assad and his Baathist regime are in even deeper trouble than before.
'Cultured' food worth a thought
Four decades ago, Norman Borlaug, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on raising crop yields worldwide (the "green revolution"), said: "I have only bought you a 40-year breathing space to
Independence not a simple question
Pakistan, Bangladesh at risk of Islamist coups
The eastern half of what used to be Pakistan narrowly escaped a military coup last month.
Closer China ties part of waiting game
The most important thing in Taiwanese politics is always left unsaid.
India's obstinance suicidal
EU heads have wrong end of stick; crisis will continue