Arab and suspect
It has become commonplace in the US to arrest and detain Arabs, reports Anayat Durrani from Los Angeles

Humpty dumpty
Can all the king's horses and all the king's men put Afghanistan back together again? Nyier Abdou takes the pulse of Afghanistan's recovery efforts

Killing the poor
The WTO's latest verdict has made it possible for the Western pharmaceutical giants to continue to put profits before people, writes Faiza Rady

A critical year
Gamal Nkrumah examines how Africa south of the Sahara fared in 2002

The new America
America is in a class of its own, but it's no enviable position, writes Nyier Abdou