In the end
The United States is now destined to have a presidency achieved by litigation and judicial fiat, writes Mohamed Hakki from Washington

The madness within
EU officials and European health authorities are scrambling to lay the blame for consumer panic over BSE anywhere but home as more instances of the disease crop up in unlikely places. What goes around comes around, writes Nyier Abdou

Tale of two elections
Ghana discovers that there is still life after Rawlings. Harmony is another matter. But when will Ivory Coast go Ghana's way, wonders Gamal Nkrumah

Not playing Nice
Grandiose deregulation schemes were rudely disrupted by tens of thousands protesting Northern-style globalisation at the EU summit in Nice, writes Faiza Rady

Britain's 'walk on by culture'
The brutal murder of a Nigerian boy in England raised serious questions about morality and common decency in contemporary British society, writes Ama Biney from London

The royal treatment
Putin the magnanimous
Hear no evil
The caped crusader
By the people