- Spanish government to sue El Pais—"Spain's conservative ruling party has launched a lawsuit against top newspaper El Pais for allegations of corruption among the party's leaders."
- Pakistani activist for poor shot dead in Karachi
- Lima's first woman mayor Villaran 'survives recall vote'—"Ms Villaran's supporters have accused the country's business elite and powerful conservative politicians of trying to oust her because of her progressive social policies."
- Swaziland government sells maize donated by Japan and banks the cash—"Government sold 12,000 tonnes of maize and deposited money in central bank, even though Swaziland has not been able to feed itself since 1970s."
- Poor-quality Chinese concrete could lead to skyscrapers collapsing
- Britain fails in last-ditch bid to dilute bankers' bonus law—"Britain has failed in a last ditch effort to alter EU proposals to cap bankers' salaries from next year."
- Barclays announces £38.5m bonuses on budget day—"Bank awards its investment bank chief Rich Ricci £17.5m of shares – which he immediately cashes in - and chief executive Antony Jenkins £5.3m shares."
- This Is What Happens When A Journalist Forces A Banker To Actually Answer A Question
- The next supermodel—"Politicians from both right and left could learn from the Nordic countries."
- Leaders wrestle with austerity as thousands protest
- What British 'austerity' would look like if we were in the eurozone
- Cypriots stunned by forced savings cuts
- The Botching of the Cyprus Bailout: Worse Than Lehman Brothers
- How German fears of underwriting Russian oligarchs pushed Cyprus to crisis
- Cyprus's wealth tax makes perfect sense – its rich won't escape unscathed—"Ignore the hysterical reaction to the tax on Cypriots' bank deposits. This is a practical, fair solution to a complex problem."
- Saving Cyprus: Tapping Bank Customers Is the Right Move
- Eurozone crisis live: Cyprus crisis deepens as MPs reject bailout terms
- Russia rebuffs Cyprus, EU awaits bailout "Plan B"
- Texas tea party leader promotes Fascist Party as 'pro-Constitution, pro-America'
- Fascism mounts a comeback in Italy
- Over half of Austrians think the Nazis would be elected if the party was readmitted to politics
- Greek footballer Giorgos Katidis banned for Nazi salute
- Greek neo-Nazi MP can be prosecuted for attacking left-wing rivals on live TV
- 'It's not racism. The Muslim players just shouldn't be here': Beitar Jerusalem fans walk out over signing of two Muslim Chechen players
- Bus taunts that sparked Australian racism debate
- India-born football fan assaulted in UK racist attack before 200 onlookers
- BBC gets heat for censoring Elvis Costello's 1979 hit "Oliver's Army"—"The Mail reports that BBC censored the 'one more widow, one less white nigger' lyric, despite the fact that the song has generally played uncensored on the radio for more than thirty years." Salon
- Blast from the Past: Racism: The Arab world's dirty secret NYT
- Obama: Settler Violence Against Palestinians Shouldn't Go Unpunished
- Gaza rockets fired at Israel during Obama visit
- Australia MPs: Gaza is world's largest outdoor jail
- Dick Cheney Marks Tenth Anniversary of Pretending There Was Reason to Invade Iraq
- Former Halliburton Subsidiary Received $39.5 Billion In Iraq-Related Contracts Over The Past Decade
- Charts: Bush Lowballed Us on Iraq by $6 Trillion
- Punished for telling truth about Iraq war—"Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki dared to call out the Bush administration for inadequate preparation for the Iraq war and lost his job...."
- Canada's 'No' To Iraq War A Defining Moment For Prime Minister, Even 10 Years Later
- The Iraq War Ten Years After: Declassified Documents Show Failed Intelligence, Policy Ad Hockery, Propaganda-Driven Decisionmaking
- Iraq Anniversary: 10 Lessons from America's 'Dumb War'
- Iraqis' Pain Never Abates as Attacks Kill Dozens—"Nineteen bombs and an assassination on Tuesday served as a reminder of the violence that regularly afflicts Iraq a decade after the American-led invasion." NYT
- Bush promised Iraqi civilians a better future. What are their lives like now?
- Ten Years After the Iraq Invasion: Baghdad Then and Now
- America's combat veterans: The waiting wounded—"The government is failing to keep faith with ex-soldiers."
- Returning from Iraq, the Damage Done—"It's easy to send soldiers off to war. It's harder to face them when they come home."
- AP: Costs of US wars linger for over 100 years—"If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the sacrifices of combat."
- Bang the Drum Loudly: The Failed Journalism That Sent America to War in Iraq
- Why WPost's Hiatt Should Be Fired—"Toting up the Iraq War's cost is staggering, including nearly 4,500 U.S. soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis dead. But a decade later, few of its architects in government or apologists in the press have faced accountability."
- How to Write an Iraq War Apologia
- The Speechwriter: David Frum on the Rhetoric of Iraq
- Iraq War Anniversary New York Times - Pleased To Be Shutting The Piehole Now—"The 'public editor' of The New York Times tells us today that the paper's coverage of the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War is likely to be less of a hoot than back in the drum-banging days when Judy Miller was standing atop a great pile of stove-piped bullshit while Bill Keller threw roses at her feet."
