Pakistani predicament
Sectarian violence rears its ugly head once again in Pakistan, reports Iffat Idris from Islamabad

Braving the Mediterranean
Immigration and asylum are heading the Italian political agenda, writes Samia Nkrumah from Rome

'Black ship' down
The storming by Greek commandos of a mystery ship carrying enough explosives to obliterate a city has sparked a diplomatic incident between Greece and Sudan, reports Iason Athanasiadis from Athens

Presidential politics by other means
The suicide bombing at the Krylya rock festival challenges the Russian attempt to install a puppet in Chechnya, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow

The race factor
Recent race riots in Benton Harbor stem from ongoing racism and are nothing new in American history, writes Roy Walker from Chicago

Taking one for the team
A BBC report challenges Tony Blair's chief propagandist. Both the journalist and the spin doctor survive. The real casualty is the truth behind the Iraq war, reports Mukul Devichand in London

Comest thou to me?
The five-nation African tour of US President George W Bush comes at a time of rising anti-American sentiment in Africa -- a continent facing mounting social, health and economic woes, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Fire and brimstone
The contentious use of military commissions to try suspects netted in the US-led "war on terrorism" is a throwback to post-World War II victor's justice. Nyier Abdou looks at the tangle of legal issues raised by the proposed trials