New Nevada Boxing Safety Rules Challenged

Nevada's bid to make boxing safer is already under fire, as supporters for Shane Mosley fought a move Thursday to allow Fernando Vargas to have a sports drink in his corner for their weekend rematch. Complete Story

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Nevada Passes Rules to Make Boxing Safer

Nevada passed a series of rule changes Wednesday in hopes of making boxing safer after two fighters died in Las Vegas last year.

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ECB President Says Euro Zone Must Reform

The 12 countries that share the euro should restructure the labor market in a move that would help boost the region's economy, the president of the European Central Bank said Monday.

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Attorney General Chides Church on Reforms

The Boston Archdiocese still hasn't implemented key reforms promised three years ago in its plan to prevent the sexual abuse of children by church personnel, according to the state attorney general's office.

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Many States Not Up to Election Standards

With the midterm elections just nine months away, many states are lagging behind in meeting requirements under a 2002 election reform law that they modernize voting machines, create voter databases and establish ID systems, according to a report released Tuesday.

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The 'evil dictator' image problem of closed regimes

Chances are that none of this will ever be read by any of the major players of the world.

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Understanding the Arab challenge

This article is the first of four articles to focus on the concept of Arab Renaissance that is touted as the solution to the socio-economic and political predicament of the Arab world. Read also Look out, Arab Renaissance is coming.

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Reforms vs. Democracy in the Arab World

This article is about as must-read as they come.

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How the Internet hurts Iranian reformers

Joseph Braude is the author of The New Iraq: Rebuilding the Country for Its People, the Middle East, and the World. In The New Republic he writes about the juxtaposition of Internet and democracy as a danger to the neoconservative project of overthrowing the Iranian government.

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Crackdown on opposition in Egypt and Syria

The US pledge to facilitate reforms and democracy in the Middle East was dealt another blow yesterday in Egypt and Syria when security forces in both countries raided houses of opposition leaders and scores of activists on charges of endangering stability and instigating the publi

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The Pragmatist: Why Gradual Reforms are the Only Reforms that Work

Policies are never implemented in a vacuum. Their successful realization is as much an artifact of the political and social environment as much as the policies' intrinsic value.

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Bush's Desparate Struggle

After recent news that Bush is repealing legislature that gives tax breaks to oil companies, I am astounded to say that he seems to be breaking character, constructing a new facade of environmental caring in order to salvage what is left of his--to put it politely--sagging approva

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The face of Saudi opposition

Decocracy is coming to Saudi Arabia: Using intensive media activities, the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia, widely recognized as the only serious and effective opposition to the House of Saud, aims to create a mass movement to bring down the monarchy.

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Saudi king vows reforms and development

The world according to King Abdullah: Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz patronized Saturday the inaugural ceremony of the activities of the second year of the fourth session of the Shoura (consultative) Council.

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Pentagon Papers Figure Bids for Presidency

Mike Gravel, who represented Alaska as a maverick Democratic Senator from 1969 to 1981, will announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination with a press conference on Monday at the National Press Club.

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Going it alone: Syria seeks democracy without USA

Democracy in the Middle East:

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A call for cool heads in Israel, Palestine conflict

A chance to improve the "infant democracy mortality rate":

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Drive for democracy slows in Arab world

Waiting for democracy:

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Democracy Isn't 'Western'

There is a long history of public reasoning across the world, and while it has gone through ups and downs everywhere, the sharp priority of liberal tolerance that has emerged in the West over the past three centuries reflects how social evolution can strengthen and consolidate one

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Nigeria saves $3 billion (30% of Government spending) from spending reforms.

This article covers Nigeria's Finance Minister and her disclosure about savings made from their spending reforms which is also known in Nigeria as "due process".

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Now give me a USA I can defend

Donald Rumsfeld has recently complained that the US is losing the media war, and Condoleeza Rice has asked the Congress for 75 million dollars for television, websites and other marketing tools to promote democracy in Iran.

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Mugabe blasts Western critics

The loss of moral high ground:

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US Ambassador: Zimbabwe economy beyond repair without reform

Not quite a diplomate:

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Australian Industrial Reforms - workers could be sacked because of a personality clash.

The Australian Industrial work place reforms that came into affect a little more than 24 hours ago have already raised concerns, with Federal Government comments raising the ire of the Opposition and Union members alike.

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Tariq Ramadan: The Muslim Martin Luther?

Tariq Ramadan is not a household name in the United States, but the Swiss professor could be one of the most important intellectuals in the world.

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BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Cautious response to concessions

Teaching unions have delivered a cautious response to the government's concessions on its planned reforms for schools in England.

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