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Introduction to Beijing
Carrie Kirby
Under the spell of Angkor Wat
Jeff Greenwald
Jeff Greenwald revels in the astonishing ruins and riches of Angkor Wat.
Newsreal: “I wanted to shoot the CIA director”
Jeff Stein
In letters to Salon's correspondent, Pakistani terrorist Mir Aimal Kasi -- who faces the death penalty for killing two CIA employees -- explains why he did it, recounts his life on the lam and says his only regret is that he didn't kill higher-ranking CIA officials.
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
Michael Wood
The tale of journalist and filmmaker Michael Wood's journey via Landrover, camel, foot and boat in the path of Alexander the Great.
Newsreal: Purveyor of catastrophe
Jonathan Broder
Khomeini, Saddam, the killing of the Kurds, war after war in the Middle East -- all brought to you by the U.S. arms trade. Maybe it's time for Washington to rethink its policy.
Newsreal: Lone gunmen
Jeff Stein
The most serious terrorist threat to America comes not from organized or state-sponsored groups of political militants but from loners with a grudge and a gun.
Newsreal: Stop Demonizing Mexico
Sam Quinones
The U.S. Congress is shocked -- shocked! -- to find (gasp!) corruption in Mexico. Maybe it ought to remember that the U.S. is largely responsible for it.
The kidnap business
Tim Wall
With 200 foreign nationals kidnapped a year, ransoming executives is a boom industry.
Out of Africa — Thank God
Jonathan Broder
American blacks should stop romanticizing Africa. It's a nightmare of violence and corruption, says the Washington Post's former Africa bureau chief.
Media Circus: Sect Appeal
Scott McLemee
An ugly family feud cleaves a Trotskyist publishing empire in twain.
Down With Big Brother
Phil Leggiere
Phil Leggiere reviews "Down With Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire" by Michael Dobbs.
How the grunts are betrayed by the U.S. Army's “perfumed princes”
Fred Branfman
One of America's most-decorated soldiers calls Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf an "asshole," Gen. Colin Powell a "myth," and says that the Pentagon top brass should all have "Certified Public Liars" stamped on their foreheads. And he's just getting started.
John le Carr
Andrew Ross
Master of the secret world : John le Carri on deception, storytelling and American hubris.
Today Afghanistan, tomorrow the world?
Franz Schurmann
Afghanistan's Taliban rebels blend a little Maoism into their Islamic fundamentalism
Risky talk
Jonathan Broder
Netanyahu, Arafat and Clinton all have lots to lose in the latest Mideast summit
Arab-U.S. relations: back to square one
Jonathan Broder
Anti-imperialist rhetoric dominates Moroccan symposium
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