London Struts on the World Stage -- Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky, New York Times
IT’S been a summer of spectacle in London, from the celebrations of the queen’s Diamond Jubilee to the ambitiously named World Shakespeare Festival, and now the grandest show of them all, the 2012 Summer Olympics, which will formally begin tonight with an extravagant opening ceremony orchestrated by the film director Danny Boyle.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The IOC Didn’t Do Israel a Favor -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary
Brief History of Aleppo: A Great World City Now in the Grip of War -- Ishaan Tharoor, Time
U.S. hasn’t won the trust of Syrian rebels -- Jill Dougherty, CNN
Do Jordanians want reform or revolution? -- Mehdi Hasan, Al Jazeera
Behind dispute over military service, two very different views of Israel -- Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy News
North Korea's Extreme Makeover -- Blaine Harden, Foreign Policy
Forgive Us Our Debts: Spain looks north for a bailout. -- Christopher Caldwell, Weekly Standard
Eurozone crisis: will Spain's youth exodus weaken economy? -- Andrés Cala, Christian Science Monitor
Facing election, Hugo Chávez ruthlessly consolidates his power -- Washington Post editori
Brief History of Aleppo: A Great World City Now in the Grip of War -- Ishaan Tharoor, Time
U.S. hasn’t won the trust of Syrian rebels -- Jill Dougherty, CNN
Do Jordanians want reform or revolution? -- Mehdi Hasan, Al Jazeera
Behind dispute over military service, two very different views of Israel -- Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy News
North Korea's Extreme Makeover -- Blaine Harden, Foreign Policy
Forgive Us Our Debts: Spain looks north for a bailout. -- Christopher Caldwell, Weekly Standard
Eurozone crisis: will Spain's youth exodus weaken economy? -- Andrés Cala, Christian Science Monitor
Facing election, Hugo Chávez ruthlessly consolidates his power -- Washington Post editori
Behind dispute over military service, two very different views of Israel -- Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy News
North Korea's Extreme Makeover -- Blaine Harden, Foreign Policy
Forgive Us Our Debts: Spain looks north for a bailout. -- Christopher Caldwell, Weekly Standard
Eurozone crisis: will Spain's youth exodus weaken economy? -- Andrés Cala, Christian Science Monitor
Facing election, Hugo Chávez ruthlessly consolidates his power -- Washington Post editorial
Mitt Romney: Why he’s going where he’s going -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
British Press Pile On Romney -- Alana Goodman, Commentary
How to feed a growing, changing planet -- Evan Fraser, Ottawa Citizen
North Korea's Extreme Makeover -- Blaine Harden, Foreign Policy
Forgive Us Our Debts: Spain looks north for a bailout. -- Christopher Caldwell, Weekly Standard
Eurozone crisis: will Spain's youth exodus weaken economy? -- Andrés Cala, Christian Science Monitor
Facing election, Hugo Chávez ruthlessly consolidates his power -- Washington Post editorial
Mitt Romney: Why he’s going where he’s going -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
British Press Pile On Romney -- Alana Goodman, Commentary
How to feed a growing, changing planet -- Evan Fraser, Ottawa Citizen