The 40th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination
A man pays tribute at a make-shift memorial to the late US President John F Kennedy in Dallas, Texas...

Down the rabbit hole
Obsessive secrecy about suspected security breaches at Guantanamo Bay has made a farce of due process, military lawyers say. Nyier Abdou peers into the Camp Delta abyss

Out of Italy
After the slaying of its soldiers in Baghdad the Italian government is cracking down on foreigners, writes Samia Nkrumah from Rome

Containing Cuba
Opposition to the US embargo against Cuba is growing, but ending the blockade soon is not in the cards, Hisham El-Naggar writes from Buenos Aires

By George
The demise of Eduard Shevardnadze is sanguine food for thought for ideologues who believe that democracy has ended History, writes Gamal Nkrumah

France acts against anti-Semitism
Following an arson attack against a Jewish school outside Paris, the French government has announced a new programme to combat growing anti-Semitism in the country, writes David Tresilian from Paris

Less than royal Bush
If any Londoner had any doubts about the true purpose of President Bush's visit to Britain, a quick stroll around Buckingham Palace last week would have surely erased them, reports Alistair Alexander from London