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COMMENTARY / World

Jan 13, 2003

Britain's far right poses a rising threat

By Glyn Ford

BRUSSELS -- The press in England has had a field day over the past 20 years chronicling the rise of the Continent's far right. The first chance came in the early 1980s with the emergence of France's National Front led by Jean-Marie Le Pen, a man who believes the Americans built the gas chambers in the...

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 13, 2003

DDT our best weapon in war on malaria

By Cesar Chavez

NEW YORK -- A serious debate is raging over the use of DDT to combat malaria. As one of the world's most serious tropical diseases, malaria kills more than a million people a year -- most of them young children. To a great extent, success in controlling malaria is owed to the use of DDT in spraying houses...

COMMENTARY

Jan 13, 2003

Contain the nuclear genie

By Brad Glosserman

HONOLULU -- Some people are scratching their heads over the standoff over North Korea's clandestine nuclear-weapons development program. They point out that by the early 1990s, it was thought that Pyongyang already had one or two nuclear warheads. They note that the fundamental strategic calculus has...

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 13, 2003

Thais create Buddhist studies landmark

By George Sioris

CHIANG MAI -- Against a background of terror, conflicts and violence worldwide, during times when consumerism and materialism have been elevated as never before on pedestals surrounded by a divine aura, a small group of modest but dedicated Thai scholars, monks and nuns have worked quietly and efficiently...

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 13, 2003

How long will U.S. ignore Pakistan threat?

By Gautaman Bhaskaran

MADRAS, India -- The world entered the New Year with a greater fear of a nuclear catastrophe. Adding to the alarm over North Korea's disclosure that it possesses atomic weapons was Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's assertion that he was ready to use them during heightened tension with India early...

EDITORIALS

Jan 13, 2003

In the year 20, or maybe 33, A.I.

Maybe you missed it amid the noisy merriment of the New Year, but Jan. 1 marked a birthday worth observing. Twenty years ago on New Year's Day, the Internet as we know it was born, ushering in the era of the World Wide Web -- the closest humanity may ever get to a version of J.R.R. Tolkien's mythic global...

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 12, 2003

War deadline weeks away

By Michael O'Hanlon

WASHINGTON -- When will U.S. President George W. Bush have to decide whether to go to war against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein?

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 12, 2003

China's chance to sharpen its diplomacy

By Jing-dong Yuan and Phillip C. Saunders

MONTEREY, Calif. -- The looming crisis on the Korean Peninsula poses a major test for Chinese diplomacy. As the United States and North Korea head toward a possible nuclear confrontation, China is positioned to play a crucial role in defusing the crisis. To do so, Beijing must abandon its traditional...

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 12, 2003

Closest point to bridging an ethnic divide

By Russell Working

PYLA, Cyprus -- Maksim Restaurant sits on the United Nations "green line," which separates the Greek and Turkish sides of this divided island, but it's a popular stop for members of both ethnic groups.

EDITORIALS

Jan 12, 2003

A travel ban that makes no sense

Israel has every right to protect itself against terrorism. The questions that swirl around Israel's policies focus on whether its actions create more security for the Jewish state or less. The Israeli government's decision last week to bar a Palestinian delegation from attending a London peace conference...

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 11, 2003

Anti-Americanism rises in Asia

By Eric Teo Chu Cheow

SINGAPORE -- The United States has been perceived differently by Asian countries since President George W. Bush took over the helm in Washington. Asian governments have noticed a fundamental shift toward a more "unilateralist" stance in U.S. foreign policy -- a trend that became even more accentuated...

EDITORIALS

Jan 11, 2003

A lead to the abduction mystery

A North Korean spy is now on the wanted list of the Japanese police for directing a plot to kidnap a Japanese national to North Korea in 1977. It is the first time that an arrest warrant has been issued for a North Korean directly involved in a kidnapping case. If he is arrested, it will shed light on...

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.

What comes after 100?

By Tomoko Otake

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