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Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, left, and Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno Ocampo

How Sudan Was Brought to Court

Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor of the International Criminal Courts, charged a sitting president with genocide. But getting to do that was fraught with big power politics

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 hoop team is feeling any these days? Check out this comment from 7 foot 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 quoteIn the big companies, no-one wants to renegotiate the 35-hours and re-open Pandora's Box.Close quote

  • PHILIPPE JAEGER,
  • of the CFE-CGC union, on Nicolas Sarkozy's new law that allows companies to short-circuit France's compulsory 35-hour working week