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...Pope's positive RSVP means that some of the most influential leaders of other faiths will arrive as well, including Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, Israel's chief rabbi, Yona Metzger, and the rector of the Al-Azhar University in Egypt, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb...
...farmers say that this year's successful harvest is only the beginning. "We are tired of being hungry. We view the government as an enemy and from now on we are going to grow hashish and we don't care what the government says or tries to do," said Ahmad, a hashish farmer. It is an argument that fails to win the sympathy of Lebanon's drug police. "Does poverty in Lebanon only exist in the Bekaa?" asks Colonel Machmouchi. "No, but it's the only area growing hashish." The problem, he added, is that the farmers of the Bekaa...
Just how much was underscored late last month, with news of concerns for the safety of an Afghan child actor in the upcoming movie of the best-selling novel The Kite Runner. The family of Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada, whose character is raped, fear the film will expose them to reprisals. In Afghan tribal society, sexual violation - even its portrayal in a fictional movie - can lead to dishonor, ostracism, or worse. Mahmidzada's father told the BBC that members of his tribe "may cut my throat, they may kill me, they may torture me." The filmmakers, he says, didn't mention...
Sudanese Government Minister Ahmad Mohammed Harun is not your typical minister of humanitarian affairs. Charged with 42 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Harun has been at large since May 2007 when the ICC accused him of orchestrating militia attacks on entire villages in Darfur...
...that's just how Allawi would like to be considered. He follows in the tradition of prewar Iraqi exiles like Ahmad Chalabi whose outlook and politicking play better in Washington than in Baghdad. Allawi is admirable in some respects. In 2004 he supported offensives against both Sunni insurgents and Shi'ite militia - the kind of even-handed approach that impresses Washington and, in a perfect world, would unify Iraqis. But Iraq is far from perfect, and so is Allawi. He was not popular, and even before elections in early 2005, no one thought he had a chance of maintaining...