The Iraqi state has allied with non-radical Sunnis to fight al Qa'ida.

If Sunnis and Shi'ites can work together, it might offer some hope for ending the terror in Iraq.

Bretons are protesting and destroying cameras to prevent implementation of a tax on truck travel.

Taxes like this are necessary to conserve fuel, and the pain they impose is nothing compared to the pain they will avoid. I think the protesters are making a mistake — like protesting about a visit to the dentist.

The tax money should be to stimulate the economy in other ways.

US citizens: call on the Senate to extend unemployment benefits.

Ralph Nader calls on Dubya to accept responsibility for turning Iraq into a place of horror.

Employees of Mèdecins Sans Frontières seem to have been kidnaped in Syria.