December 31, 2006 at 12:23 am
· Filed under
-
In Rwanda, among Africa’s poorest countries, an American millionaire is developing one of the world’s most modern wireless networks. The Rwandan government hopes the project will help make the country an African counterpart to the Indian high-tech city of
-
An influential cleric of Saudi Arabia’s hardline Sunni school of Islam has denounced Shi’ite Muslims as “infidels” in a new religious edict that comes amid rising sectarian tension in the region. This is the original text of his fatwa.
-
In August 2006, washingtonpost.com photographer Ben de la Cruz traveled to Turkey to capture some of its rich history and people. Starting in Istanbul — the gateway between Europe and Asia, Ben also stopped in Cappadocia — a region in Anatolia famous fo
-
-
Working as a journalist in Russia, with its eleven time zones, its endless steppe and perpetual taiga, means spending a lot of time in the air. It involves flying in planes so creaky that landing in one piece is a pleasant surprise —then disembarking in
-
-
-
He’s the new kingmaker of the Democratic party. The man who handpicked candidates, twisted arms, crushed dissent, and delivered the nation from one-party rule. So what does the Clinton vet and former ballet dancer plan to do with all that power?
Permalink
WordPress database error: [Table './wordpress/wp_34_comments' is marked as crashed and should be repaired]
SELECT * FROM wp_34_comments WHERE comment_post_ID = '193' AND comment_approved = '1' ORDER BY comment_date