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An award-winning movie can be a puzzling thing. It's not that the films are themselves puzzling (though at times they are), nor the fact that they receive festival recognition. It's simply odd sometimes that a given film is greeted with the ballyhoo that it is. Take "Captain Abu Raed" (2007...  

A new national newspaper, the Khorshid (or Sun), hit newsstands on Saturday, published by an aide to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Like its mass-circulation British namesake, the full color daily will cover all topics from political issues to sport and soap operas.  

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) interviewed Chris Clark, this year's co-winner of the prestigious Nansen Refugee Award. Clark has spent half his life working in dangerous environments, first as a decorated soldier with the British army and more recently as the...  

Swiss President Pascal Couchepin deserves credit for having spoken frankly about the "elephant in the room" that most world leaders tend to ignore: the plight of millions of Palestinian refugees. Although the Palestinians who were driven out of their homeland, along with their descendants...  

The next Israeli government would be well advised to take another look at its approach to Hamas. The objective should be to develop a more coherent strategy toward the Palestinian Islamist movement and its stronghold, the Gaza Strip. (The next American government should follow suit; but that is...