The Supreme Court's decision to allow ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif to return to Pakistan has reduced even more of President Musharraf's options, writes Graham Usher

While UN peacekeeping has done little to calm the world's troubled waters, the UN's other mandate -- development -- has had some success despite its many problems, argues Eric Walberg

Pressure is mounting to save a Canadian held in Guantanamo, reports Tamam Ahmed Jama