Squaring off, again
Buoyed by the fall of Jean Bertrand Aristide in Haiti, Venezuelan opposition parties were back in the streets of Caracas last week in their latest attempt to topple President Hugo Chavez, writes Jaideep Mukerji

Carnage in Quetta
Sectarian violence blights the Muslim month of Muharram, reports Iffat Idris from Islamabad

Security insanity
Canada's humanitarian policies towards refugees are under increasing pressure from the US, writes Aziza Sami from Montreal

Easing the flow
While diplomats lobby for their respective countries' water rights, technicians seek ways to distribute the Nile waters more equally, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Greece swings to the right
Amid the controversy surrounding Cyprus and the Olympic Games, the Socialists make way for the rightist New Democrats, Michael Jansen reports from Athens

Re-electing the enigmatic Tsar
Wasting time on elections is not Putin's style. He would rather carry on with his presidential routines, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow