Blue skies ahead The Democrats have returned to power in Washington as George W Bush rues the cost of his blunders in Iraq, reports Ezzat Ibrahim from Washington
Left in the ascendant Much to Washington's chagrin, the plethora of presidential elections and democratic fervour in Latin America propels leftist leaders to power, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Tripping on the tightrope The spillover of the escalating violence in Afghanistan is throwing Pakistan into political turmoil, writes Graham Usher in Peshawar
Opportunity knocks The Democrats celebrated victory in the United States' mid-term elections much to the chagrin of Republicans, reports Pierre Loza
African allure The new big thing in Africa isn't America, it is China. And, for that reason African leaders converged on Beijing this week, writes Gamal Nkrumah
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