Cantankerous in Cancun
The staying power of the old exploitative colonialist mentality rendered fresh ideas at the WTO meeting in Mexico irrelevant, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Much ado about a minaret
Athens' Muslims have gone without a mosque for almost two centuries. With the Olympic Games due in 2004, Muslim prayer has become a highly-charged political issue. Iason Athanasiadis reports from Athens

Blaine and Blair
Tony Blair has spent the last few weeks in excruciatingly public view, looking ever more boxed in, reports Alistair Alexander from London

Unhappy anniversary
Americans take stock on the second anniversary of the 11 September attacks. Anayat Durrani , in New York, reports

Bush boon or albatross?
Daily casualty reports from Iraq and high unemployment bode ill for US President George W Bush's re-election chances, writes David Dumke