Saturday May 17, 2008
Latest Columns 
The pointless proposition for a binational Israel
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Online Edition: Friday, May 16, 2008 07:34 AM
That's a pointless proposition
The pointless proposition for a binational Israel
Published: Friday, May 16, 2008 12:00 AM Page A21
Palestinians released thousands of black balloons over the West Bank yesterday - one for each of the 21,915 days since Israel's creation.After 60 years of occupation and bloodshed, many are beginning to lose hope in the dream of an independent Palestinian state existing side by side with Israel in the Holy Land. Instead, they are turning to a different model altogether: a single, binational state, shared by Arab and Jew.
Myanmar's generals are ruled by paranoia
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Online Edition: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 04:31 AM
Idea of letting foreign-aid workers and even foreign soldiers into the country, if only to deliver aid, fills leaders with dread
Myanmar's generals are ruled by paranoia
Published: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:00 AM Page A1
To the outside world, the reaction of Myanmar's military regime to last week's devastating cyclone seems not just obscene, but inexplicable. Instead of rushing to help its desperate people, the regime of General Than Shwe all but shut off the country from foreign assistance while pushing ahead with a referendum on a new constitution. But to those who know the regime, its reaction is perfectly in character.
Japan's collision course
Published: Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:00 AM Page B4
It all comes down to the two inevitables, says Kenneth Courtis: death and taxes.Mr. Courtis, an investment banker and veteran observer of Asian economies, is at his usual table in his favourite Tokyo hotel, the Okura, talking about the troubles that threaten Japan's future - and by extension, the world's.
Japan's collision course
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Online Edition: Friday, May 9, 2008 09:08 PM
After its near-death experience in the 1990s, the land of the rising sun is slowly on the rebound.
Peace, Israel - a wish, a prayer, a possibility
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Online Edition: Friday, May 2, 2008 07:26 AM
The situation is far from hopeless
Peace, Israel - a wish, a prayer, a possibility
Published: Friday, May 2, 2008 12:00 AM Page A23
Imagine going to bed every night not sure whether you will wake up in the morning. In effect, that is what the state of Israel has done throughout its 60 years of existence.
There's trouble in Tokyo
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Online Edition: Thursday, May 1, 2008 01:09 AM
Japan's problems have pushed it to the brink, its stock market chief says
THERE'S TROUBLE IN TOKYO
Published: Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:00 AM Page B1
If you want a pep talk about the Japanese economy, don't go see Atsushi Saito. The head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange doesn't hold back when a Canadian visitor comes by his office expecting a simple rundown on the Japanese markets. Japan, he says, is walking toward the edge of a cliff. Unless it changes direction, the world's second-biggest economy faces financial ruin.
