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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, left, gesture while speaking at a press conference at the presidential residence in Gorki on July 22, 2008.

A New Cold War in the Caribbean?

Analysis: Russia, China and even Iran are asserting their presence in a region once considered America's "backyard." Are we headed back to the days of the Cuban missile crisis?

Blogs

The Middle East Blog

Two Lebanons

On Thursday when I returned to Lebanon, I caught the tail end of the celebrations for the prisoner exchange between Hizballah and Israel, rushing down to the coast to watch marching bands welcome coffins containing the remains of martyred Arab fighters.

The China Blog

How Do You Say Pressure in Chinese?

Think the Chinese hoops team is feeling it these days? Check out this comment from 7-ft. forward Yi Jianlian's blog.

PHOTOS

A Holy Dispute

A centuries-old temple has become the site of a very modern military standoff this week as Thailand and Cambodia wrangle over who owns a piece of land on the nations' borders

PHOTOS

Transforming Karachi

The Pakistani metropolis wants to be the next Dubai, but can the city achieve lofty ambitions

VIDEO

Iraq Journal: The Road to Amara and Basra

Abigail Hauslohner and photographer Yuri Kozyrev travel to the Iraqi cities of Amara and Basra, where improved security is drawing journalists back

QUOTES OF THE DAY

Open quoteOne would wish that the motto of this year's Olympics, 'One world, one dream,' could ring true.Close quote

  • ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN,
  • U.S. Congresswoman, speaking as a resolution was introduced in the House asking China to end human rights abuses and its support of Sudan and Burma on the eve of the Olympics