A debt to be paid
Last Saturday's Million for Reparations March in Washington DC served to spotlight the struggle for reparations by descendants of African slaves in America, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Private business
Poverty, corruption and market-demand combine to make pornography a Bangladeshi cottage industry Shaikh Azizur Rahman, in Dhaka, reports

Did somebody say 'putsch'?
The acquittal of officers who tried to overthrow Venezuela's Hugo Chavez by the country's Supreme Court is a blow to the president. But it need not prove fatal, writes Hisham El-Naggar

A man uses a public phone in Szentendre, north of the Hungarian capital Budapest, as he sits in a canoe in a flooded street. The River Danube, one of Europe's main waterways, is expected to peak around 8.75 metres or even higher in the Czech capital prague on Sunday night. --read on--

Fast Track blues
The 'most historic' trade legislation ever passed by Congress gives the US president unprecedented trade negotiation powers. It may, however, spell disaster for the Western hemisphere, writes Faiza Rady

Crosscurrents into the mainstream
As the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee acts to fortify its presence in the US mainstream, some members are crying capitulation to the establishment. Amira Howeidy reviews the debate

Christians under siege
Historical prejudice, discriminatory laws and Islamist extremism have combined to create an oppressive environment for Pakistan's Christian community. Iffat Malik reports from Islamabad