The "spy crisis" between Georgia and Russia has brought relations between the former Soviet states to their lowest point in decades, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow

Lula's performance in Sunday's presidential poll will doubtless prompt him to try harder to outdo rival Chuchu later this month, writes Gamal Nkrumah

President Musharraf tried to use his autobiography to reinvent himself -- but the past was too close behind, writes Graham Usher in Islamabad