Here's hoping that America and other world powers seize the opportunity to confront North Korean over its massive gulag.

Will Egypt's newly elected Islamists respect freedom of expression and tolerate "sacrilegious" books?

In many ways, Havel's years in high political office were the most difficult of his life -- even more difficult than his days as a dissident, writes the leader's translator.

Attacking Hamas terrorists is the only way Israel has of confronting them. There is no other method of attack other than search and destroy.

A new generation of Irish people are experiencing emigration for the first time, leading to the emergence of the "American Wake," a tradition dating back to the Potato Famines.

While the planet may not be saved by Durban, future climate change conferences have been.

Space junk, anything from spacewalkers' gloves to spent booster rockets, has become a serious issue for the earth in recent years.

Unless a capable and charismatic opposition leader steps into a vacuum, Vladimir Putin is certain to win Russia's presidency. But he may also find out the truth of the old saying that one cannot step into the same river twice.

New technology will render Iran's surveillance deaf to Israel's likely air attack. It will prevent communication.

Adbusters and Jay-Z have seized upon the economic and psychic dislocation caused by the grinding global recession as a means of extending their brands and product lines.

The spy agency's public health ruse to confirm Bin Laden's whereabouts caused collateral damage.

Boosting the wealth of poor people through economic growth is their best protection against meteorological disasters in the long run, whether fueled by future man-made climate change or not.

Israel will strike Iran only when Israel is certain that they can repel the counter strike from Iran's proxies. Only when they are certain that the total number of casualties will be limited to just a few thousand.

Will Tunisia's newly elected Islamist leaders gut the most progressive piece of women's rights legislation in the Arab world?

Welcome to Wenzhou, where the mountains are high, the emperor is far away, and people are busy creating their own economic miracle.

Nicolas Sarkozy's Socialist challenger may just be boring enough to win the French Presidency.

Iran aims to re-orient Islam away from Mecca.

The struggle to preserve the work of dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei presses on.

Part of UNESCO's charge is that members must both embrace peaceful interaction with their neighbor nations and recognize their neighbor nations. And yet, neither Palestinian Authority nor Hamas textbooks even identify Israel on their maps.

New data on global temperature trends sheds light on the 2009 climate change scandal.