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Egypt's Revolution: The Romanian ExperienceScott Stockdale
May 12, 2011
In December 1989 a series of riots and clashes led to the execution of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and the end of the Communist regime. Romania was the only country in the Eastern Bloc where the transition from the socialist state to democracy involved the forcible overthrow and execution of the country's leaders.
Canadians realign the political landscape Geoffrey Stevens
May 5, 2011
It was quite a night! The new Parliament is going to be a very different place.
Reading into Election 2011Scott Stockdale
May 5, 2011
It's often said that people get the leaders they deserve and, for better or worse, Canadians have given Stephen Harper a strong mandate to implement his policies.
The Fatah-Hamas ReconciliationDr. Baha Abu-Laban
May 5, 2011
On April 27, 2011 the Egyptian government issued a press release in Cairo indicating that an agreement had been initialed by representatives of the two rival Palestinian factions: Fatah (which controls the West Bank) and Hamas (which controls the Gaza Strip). The Egyptian government had successfully brokered the secret unity talks. This agreement comes after four years of persistent failure to reconcile differences.
The Brilliant Arab YouthProf. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
May 5, 2011
In the mind of the Arab masses the brilliant Arab youth managed to make a paradigm shift from how-did-we-get-here to how-can-we-move-forward.
Bin Laden: Obama snatches defeat from jaws of victoryYvonne Ridley
May 5, 2011
As the news of Osama bin Laden's death filtered out onto the streets of America it triggered unsightly scenes of undiluted hysteria, chest-thumping and back-slapping which has sadly become a trademark of the vengeful 'hang'em high' lobby that emerged from the rubble of 9/11.
Canada: where are we and where do we go from here?Judy Rebick
May 5, 2011
It was an extraordinary election. Both Stephen Harper and Jack Layton got the results they were aiming for. Stephen Harper got his majority and Jack Layton replaced the Liberal Party not only as the Official Opposition but quite possibly as the only federal alternatives to the Harperites. Canada now looks like so many other countries with one party on the Right and one on the Left. So why do I feel so bad?
A gloomy future for CanadaThe Canadian Charger
May 5, 2011
The Germans have a word for it: Zeitgeist, the spirit of the times. Well, Harper won his majority government on May 2, but he took ownership of the Zeitgeist earlier.
Yellow journalism at Sun media The Canadian Charger
May 5, 2011
When the Toronto Sun "broke" the story that Jack Layton was found lying naked on a bed by Toronto Police, at a suspected Chinatown bawdy house in 1996, Canadians got some idea of what the Toronto Sun considers a big news story.
Waking up from the election to the elephant in the roomDr. John McMurtry
May 5, 2011
The most important new political landscape emerging from Canada's election has not been comprehended. The Harper majority, the collapse of the Liberal vote, and Quebec's re-entry into federal politics through a social democratic party are political turns that have caught attention.

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Dimitri Lascaris just returned to Greece from an 11-day journey across Iran in a time of war. While walking the streets of a coastal town in Crete, Dimitri discusses what he learned in Iran, where he thinks the war is heading, and why he came to Crete to continue his coverage of the war.