Politics
Topics
-
Prospective EU MembershipProdi Urges Turkey to Push Forward on Reforms
The EU's chief executive Romano Prodi said Turkey must continue implementing political and legal reforms if it hopes to be admitted into the European bloc.
-
Morocco
The King's Belated Clemency
It took a while before he could bring himself to do so, but Morocco's King Mohammed VI has now released Ali Lmrabet. The dissident journalist had originally been sentenced to a lengthy prison term for the alleged crime of lèse-majesté. Martina Sabra reports on a Moroccan maverick.
-
Headscarf Debate
Will Beards Be Banned Soon Too?
In an interview, German President Rau reminded his fellow citizens that religious symbols should be treated equally and, consequently, that the headscarf and the monk's habit should enjoy the same status. A commentary by Peter Philipp
-
Germany
Turkey's EU Bid Up for Discussion Again
Turkish Premier Erdogan visited Berlin to discuss Ankara's EU bid at a time when German conservatives are renewing their staunch opposition to it. A report by Deutsche Welle
-
Afghanistan
The Rocky Road to a New Constitution
A constitution has been agreed upon in Afghanistan following tenacious negotiations. It guarantees equal status for women and acknowledges the Islamic tradition of the country. Said Musa Samimy sheds some light on the background.
-
Migration
When the Boat Comes In...
In Morocco, which is about to become part of the European Free Trade Association, people-smuggling is now a more lucrative business than drug-dealing. Lennart Lehmann reports from Tangiers
-
Interview
Life as a Permanent State of Emergency
Haitham Maleh, president of the Human Rights Association in Syria, has been visiting Germany to take part in a hearing organised by the Bundestag's Human Rights Committee. He was interviewed by Dorothee Winden
-
Opinion
World Politics on the Brink of a New Era?
The leadership goals of the United States are colliding with the interests of the rest of the world. Heinrich Bergstresser, Deutsche Welle, comments on the Iraq war and its influence on international politics.
-
Iran
Hopes for Finding Survivors Fade
With aid from relief organizations around the world, the Iranian city of Bam is slowly piecing itself back together. But hopes for finding people alive beneath the rubble has become a race against the clock.
-
Iran
Quake Death Toll Climbs to 20,000
International specialist rescue workers, among them Germans, have reached the quake site in Iran to search for survivors as Iranian authorities confirmed that the death toll now stood at 20,000.
-
Libya
Gadhafi Renounces Weapons of Mass Destruction
Libya's leader, Moammar Gadhafi, has done an about face, and agreed to give up his weapons of mass destruction. But the case of Libya is different from that of Iran and North Korea, argues Peter Philipp.
-
Iraq
Europeans Oppose Death Sentence for Saddam
Government officials from several European countries have spoken out against a death sentence for Saddam Hussein after U.S. President George W. Bush called for the "ultimate punishment" for Iraq's former dictator.
Most read articles
-
Sex tourism in Egypt
A bride for the summer
-
Prostitution in Tunisia
The big reveal
-
Iran's monarchists
Producing nostalgia, courting war
-
Language and language acquisition
How the brain processes German and Arabic
-
Islam and homophobia
The hatred on our doorstep
-
Prostitution in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Open-minded, loving... and desperate