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Sep 28 2010 4:55PM
Officials comments add new confusion to Ashtiani stoning case

The case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, facing execution in Iran by stoning or hanging, for adultery or murder, is as complicated as it is unjust. This situation is not helped by recent statements by Iranian officials , including...

Sep 28 2010 4:47PM
Officials comments add new confusion to Ashtiani stoning case

The case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, facing execution in Iran by stoning or hanging, for adultery or murder, is as complicated as it is unjust. This situation is not helped by recent statements by Iranian officials, including...

Sep 27 2010 4:45PM
Will family baton change, change North Korea?

It’s taken a while, but tomorrow could signal the start of change in the secretive state of North Korea. Tomorrow, the ruling Workers’ Party are expected to anoint Kim Jong-un as the country’s new leader. The 27-year-old will replace...

Sep 27 2010 3:35PM
Northern Ireland's Paramilitary Murals - Time for Change?

The following link will take you to an article of mine published by Al Jazeera. It documents the role of former terrorists in Northern Ireland in changing contentious paramilitary murals as part of the peace process. http://english...

Sep 25 2010 5:50PM
WOMAN PUT TO DEATH IN VIRGINIA

1st Update on UA 181/10 USA Teresa Lewis (f) Teresa Lewis, a woman assessed as having "borderline mental retardation", was executed by lethal injection in Virginia, USA, on the evening of 23 September for the murder of her husband and...