by Caroline Julia von Wurden | Nov 4, 2014 | Monitor
International News Coverage Europe, Ukraine, Russia Finally, Germany Makes Progress on Coal Richard Martin | Forbes For critics who scoff that Europe’s carbon emission reduction goals are unachievable, Germany has become Exhibit No 1. Coal use in Germany has been on...
by Rajiv Shah | Oct 28, 2014 | Monitor
USAID Administrator Raj Shah and U.S. Ambassador Deborah R. Malac meet with Doland Willis and Gabriel Frank of the U.S. Army JFC Operation United Assistance Liberia at the Ebola Emergency Operations Center in Monrovia. October 14, 2014. (by Morgana Wingard) Ed....
by Susan K. Donius | Aug 18, 2014 | Monitor
Click here to see the photo gallery. The President of the United States must be ready to travel anywhere in the world on a moment’s notice. Fortunately, modern Presidents have access to a variety of transportation options, including flying aboard Air...
by zen | Aug 4, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] The Orientalist by Tom Reiss Some biographies are as much about the era or the milieu as the man. The Orientalist is one of them. This is not to say that Tom Reiss has written a bad book. On the contrary, it is an...
by Kendall Strong | Jul 11, 2014 | Monitor
Kurds withdraw support, leaving Iraq without a president Mark Tran / Guardian Deepening rift between Kurds and prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, also causes loss of foreign, trade and health ministers, after the prime minister accused them of harboring terrorists in...
