Los Angeles Times:
Syria capital hit by massive bombings
In Syria, reported killings in Homs spread fear of sectarian war
Syria doctors risk their lives to secretly treat protesters
Activists say scores killed in assault on Syrian valley
Syrian activists declare ‘humanitarian disaster area’
Syrian violence continues Friday despite peace pact
Human Rights Watch:
Syria: Crimes Against Humanity in Homs
Syria: Mass Arrest Campaign Intensifies
Syria: Shootings, Arrests Follow Hama Protest
Syria: Crimes Against Humanity in Daraa
Syria: Targeted Arrests of Activists Across Country
Syria: World Should Impose Sanctions on Leadership
Newsweek:
San Joaquin: The Valley of Shadows
A Newsweek.com project on the environmental and economic struggles of California’s central valley, an vast exercise in American hubris. I reported it, wrote it, recorded the audio, and conceived the interactives. It snagged a nomination for an ASME Digital Ellie (National Magazine Award) and a win for an SPJ Deadline Club Award in multimedia.
Silent Warrior
She’s faced down the mob and genocidal dictators. So why is Carla Del Ponte barred from discussing her own book?
Muddled Messaging
Why the U.N. is at war with itself over Sudan.
Pakistan to the Internets: Shut Up!
The Pakistani government’s decision to shut down Youtube is sheer absurdity.
AIPAC’s Week on the Hill
There are some problems with the group’s three talking points. Here’s why.
Labor Shortage
In Haiti, children called restaveks are regularly loaned to other households, and the unluckiest are treated like slaves. The quake won’t change that. (NPR interview on restaveks).
A Farewell to Victory
Wars once ended with winners and losers. Then it got complicated.
An African Domino Theory, Examined
Uganda isn’t the only star of the antigay show in East Africa anymore. Is its fervor spreading?
Bolivia’s Revolution
President Evo Morales and his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chávez, are comrades in a self-proclaimed socialist revolution. But their standing at home couldn’t be more different.
The PEPFAR Paradox
Widely considered a jewel of U.S. foreign policy, the AIDS-treatment program is on track to post less impressive results—and that might be a good thing.
The Biggest Natural Disasters You’ve Never Heard About
Disasters in far-off lands often get bumped quickly from prime news real estate, even when the scope and scale of the damage is large. Here, they get their due.
Here to Stay
Critics slam Ban Ki-moon for being charmless and ineffective. They’d better get used to it, because they’re stuck with him.
Old Habits Die Hard
Some political parties stay in power for what seems like an eternity. Here are a few that were finally knocked off.
Travel Advisory
The real reasons Hillary Clinton is in Africa, country by country.
Spitzer to U.S.: “Serve Subpoenas”
A Q&A on the Cuomo Report with the man once known as “Lord High Executioner” among the Wall Street crowd.
Make Stuff, Not War
As the UNDP Human Development report shows, the Arab world needs to figure out what it’s good at economically.
Argentina’s Next Power Brokers
On Francisco de Narvaez and the rise of the anti-Kirchner Peronists
The Bloodiest War
Civilians from the eastern Congo tell their stories.
The Road from Gitmo
The emerging ways the U.S. might handle its suspects in the war on terror.
Opium Wars
Afghanistan’s narcotics trade is back with a vengeance. Washington’s latest antidrug plan is unlikely to curb it.
Reuters:
Argentina begins trial on infamous torture center
Argentina power couple draws Clinton comparisons
Small change causes big hassles in Argentina
Latin American aviation falters as traffic soars
Bargain nip and tuck draws tourists to S. America
Argentina ballet legend to wrap up long goodbye
