World Jan 30 A Bronx Cheer in Brussels for EU Austerity Banner protesting austerity measures at roundabout in Brussels. NewsHour photo by Morgan Till. BRUSSELS, Belgium | Brussels is known for its pleasing mishmash of medieval, 17th century and Art Nouveau buildings. It's prized for moules-and-frites and Michelin-star gastronomic delights that…
World Sep 05 The Party’s Over: Post-revolution, Egyptians Struggle to Find Their Future Streets of Cairo. Photo by Jana Mills via Flickr Creative Commons. CAIRO, EGYPT -- What a difference seven months make. The Cairo I left on Feb. 12 -- the morning after Egypt's longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak abandoned the presidency…
Nation Aug 03 Mubarak’s Trial — Completing the Revolution, or Diverting It? It's been a breathtaking reversal of fortune in the timeless land of the Pharoahs. Six months ago this week, with hundreds of thousands of protestors demanding his ouster, a commanding Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak went on television to promise his…
World Jun 01 Gloom in Bahrain Persists as State of Emergency Lifts Bahrain may have lifted its emergency rule, but the opposition still feels the effects of the government crackdown.
World May 20 U.S. Official Responds to ‘Double Standard’ Charges on Bahrain MANAMA, Bahrain | President Obama's speech Thursday night was intended to send a message to the Bahraini monarchy -- and its beleaguered opposition -- that U.S. interests in the Gulf will not trump its commitment to democratic change forever.
World May 18 Bahrain Government’s Confidence May Be Misplaced MANAMA -- In an interview conducted Tuesday night with little advance notice, Bahrain's foreign minister, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, was indirect but clear: However grateful the Bahraini monarchy is for U.S. support in its current crisis, it isn't…
World May 12 As Crackdown Nears End, Bahrainis Struggle to Turn the Page MANAMA | It's Thursday night in Bahrain, and we're in Manama's air-conditioned Seef Mall -- a gleaming glass and steel emporium of consumer pleasures, from its Costa Coffee shop to a haute couture Islamic dress store. There are women wearing…
World Apr 22 Egypt: A Voice of Experience for a Youthful Movement The last time I saw Mona Makram-Ebeid, she was sitting in the overstuffed opulence of a hotel cafe in Cairo, enjoying a cigarette with Newsweek's Paris bureau chief, Christopher Dickey, and a famed Egyptian writer. It was Day 13 of…
World Feb 05 Would-Be Egypt Crisis Broker Finds It Heavy Going Ahmed Zewail and Margaret Warner CAIRO, Egypt | We're sitting in the lobby lounge of an upscale Cairo hotel, littered with road-weary journalists and private security personnel. Holding court in one corner is the 1999 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry,…
Nation Jan 18 S. Korean Defense Official: China Can Play ‘More Responsible’ Role // SEOUL, South Korea | On the eve of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington -- with the North Korea issue near the top of the agenda between him and President Obama -- I sat down in Seoul with…