What the foreign papers are saying.

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• A 2003 Retrospective Looking back at the big stories from a troubled region.
  Michael Young Dec. 31, 2003
  
• Muammar's Big Move Can Israel's nuclear program survive the current trend?
  Nancy Palus Dec. 22, 2003
  
• Another Brick in the Wall Sharon threatens complete separation between Israel and Palestinians.
  Ed Finn Dec. 19, 2003
  
• Europe's Constitutional Crisis Who's to blame for this weekend's diplomatic donnybrook?
  Scott MacMillan Dec. 16, 2003
  
• A Coward Caught Did Saddam's weekly chats with his second wife lead the Army to his spider hole?
  Michael Young Dec. 15, 2003
  
• No Soup for EU Europe howls over Iraqi reconstruction contracts.
  Ed Finn Dec. 12, 2003
  
• Putin's Party Takes Control Does United Russia's victory presage the death of democracy?
  Nancy Palus Dec. 9, 2003
  
• Out of Africa Mugabe tries to break up the Commonwealth.
  Ed Finn Dec. 5, 2003
  
• A Winter Thaw Can India and Pakistan compromise on Kashmir?
  Zac Peskowitz Dec. 4, 2003
  
• Multinational Murders International casualties shake coalition commitment.
  Michael Young Dec. 1, 2003
  
• Europe Rips Up the Rulebook France and Germany get away with overspending.
  Scott MacMillan Nov. 26, 2003
  
• Play Wacko, Jacko Did childhood fame warp Michael?
  Carl Schrag Nov. 24, 2003
  
• Blush and Blare The president visits Britain.
  Ed Finn Nov. 21, 2003
  
• Terrorist Whodunits Was al-Qaida responsible for the bombings in Istanbul and Riyadh?
  Michael Young Nov. 17, 2003
  
• Iraqification Will Bush leave Baghdad at the altar?
  Ed Finn Nov. 14, 2003
  
• What the Butler Saw And why the English press can't talk about it.
  June Thomas Nov. 13, 2003
  
• Japan Now Closer to a Two-Party System Plus, Nigeria dubs the U.S. a sponsor of terrorism.
  Nancy Palus Nov. 10, 2003
  
• Queen of Colombo Sri Lanka, a state in emergency.
  Ed Finn Nov. 7, 2003
  
• Refugees to Expediency Lebanon's president plays politics, plus Israel's PR problem.
  Michael Young Nov. 5, 2003
  
• Iraq's Not Vietnam, It's Afghanistan 
  Scott MacMillan Nov. 3, 2003
  
• Move Over, Mahathir Malaysia's firebrand PM retires.
  Ed Finn Oct. 31, 2003
  
• Putin vs. the Oligarch 
  June Thomas Oct. 29, 2003
  
• First They Came for the Journalists 
  Nancy Palus Oct. 27, 2003
  
• Carrots and Fuel Rods 
  Ed Finn Oct. 24, 2003
  
• Tony Blair's Heart Ache 
  June Thomas Oct. 22, 2003
  
• Malaysia's Casual Anti-Semitism 
  Carl Schrag Oct. 20, 2003
  
• Red Rocket 
  Ed Finn Oct. 17, 2003
  
• Chad Says: Oil for the People! 
  Nancy Palus Oct. 13, 2003
  
• Gujarat's Tangled Justices 
  Ed Finn Oct. 10, 2003
  
• Arnold: American Dream or Nightmare? 
  June Thomas Oct. 9, 2003
  
• The Guns of October 
  Michael Young Oct. 6, 2003
  
• Chechnya's Sham Elections 
  Ed Finn Oct. 3, 2003
  
• Italy Loses Power 
  June Thomas Oct. 1, 2003
  
• France Goes Deeper Into Africa 
  Nancy Palus Sept. 29, 2003
  
• Axis of Non 
  Ed Finn Sept. 25, 2003
  
• Middle East Prison Stories 
  Michael Young Sept. 22, 2003
  
• Nukes for Tehran—and Riyadh? 
  Ed Finn Sept. 19, 2003
  
• Euro? Nej, Thanks 
  June Thomas Sept. 18, 2003
  
• The Battle of Cancun 
  Nancy Palus Sept. 15, 2003
  
• Death for Arafat? 
  Ed Finn Sept. 12, 2003
  
• It Was 730 Days Ago Today … 
  June Thomas Sept. 11, 2003
  
• Europe to Bush: We'll Help (Maybe) 
  Scott MacMillan Sept. 9, 2003
  
• Syria Welcomes Spanish Inquisition 
  Michael Young Sept. 8, 2003
  
• Starving for Freedom in Burma 
  Ed Finn Sept. 5, 2003
  
• Occupational Hazards 
  June Thomas Sept. 4, 2003
  
• Bush and the Nine Dwarves 
  June Thomas Sept. 3, 2003
  
• Qaddafi's Dollar Diplomacy 
  Nancy Palus Sept. 2, 2003
  
• Six Ways To Love Your Neighbor 
  Ed Finn Aug. 29, 2003
  
• A Bloody Weekend in the Middle East 
  Michael Young Aug. 25, 2003
  
• Death of a Cease-Fire Israel and Palestine lurch back into violence.
  Ed Finn Aug. 22, 2003
  
• A Good Riddance 
  Nancy Palus Aug. 18, 2003
  
• Paris Is Burning Up 
  June Thomas Aug. 13, 2003
  
• Southern Double-Cross 
  Michael Young Aug. 11, 2003
  
• Informant Nails Terrorist … in Ireland 
  Ed Finn Aug. 8, 2003
  
• Bombing Is Bad for Business 
  June Thomas Aug. 7, 2003
  
• Help Arrives in Liberia 
  Nancy Palus Aug. 4, 2003
  
• The Pope Comes Out Against Marriage 
  Ed Finn Aug. 1, 2003
  
• Britain's Vigilante Farmer Tells All 
  June Thomas July 30, 2003
  
• God and Man in Beirut 
  Michael Young July 28, 2003
  
• Halting Japan's Army 
  Ed Finn July 25, 2003
  
• How Many Bodies Before Bush Acts? 
  Nancy Palus July 23, 2003
  
• Tony Blair Runs Away From Home 
  June Thomas July 18, 2003
  
• Tourist or Terrorist? 
  June Thomas July 16, 2003
  
• Iraq's American Puppet Masters? 
  Michael Young July 14, 2003
  
• The African Bush 
  June Thomas July 10, 2003
  
• Suicide Bombs in Moscow 
  Scott MacMillan July 7, 2003
  
• Canadian Gold 
  June Thomas July 3, 2003
  
• Hong Kong Phooey! 
  June Thomas July 2, 2003
  
• On the Road Again 
  Michael Young June 30, 2003
  
• U.S. Troops to Liberia? 
  Nancy Palus June 27, 2003
  
• Blair's "Dodgy Dossier" 
  Scott MacMillan June 25, 2003
  
• Bailing on the Dalai Lama 
  June Thomas June 25, 2003
  
• Davos by the Dead Sea 
  Michael Young June 23, 2003
  
• Editor for a Day 
  June Thomas June 20, 2003
  
• The Young and the Restless 
  Scott MacMillan June 18, 2003
  
• ASEAN's Credibility Crisis 
  June Thomas June 18, 2003
  
• Future Shock 
  Michael Young June 16, 2003
  
• Too Little, Too Late 
  Nancy Palus June 13, 2003
  
• Gay Wedding Reception 
  June Thomas June 12, 2003
  
• Czechs In? 
  Scott MacMillan June 11, 2003
  
• Britain's Euro Neurosis 
  June Thomas June 11, 2003
  
• Write Off Return 
  Michael Young June 9, 2003
  
• Europe Goes to Peace 
  Scott MacMillan June 5, 2003
  
• Summit's Up 
  Michael Young June 2, 2003
  
• Marching on Mugabe 
  Nancy Palus May 30, 2003
  
• High Times on Everest 
  Sian Gibby May 29, 2003
  
• David and Goliath in the EU 
  Maureen Sullivan May 29, 2003
  
• Will the Mideast Buy the Road Map? 
  Michael Young May 27, 2003
  
• Britain's "Betrayal" 
  Scott MacMillan May 23, 2003
  
• Sharon's Cop Out? 
  June Thomas May 22, 2003
  
• Osama Strikes Back? 
  Michael Young May 19, 2003
  
• Congolese Blood Bath 
  Nancy Palus May 16, 2003
  
• Desert Rats 
  Scott MacMillan May 15, 2003
  
• The Chechen Challenge 
  June Thomas May 14, 2003
  
• Seeking Saddam's Clan 
  Michael Young May 12, 2003
  
• Getting Wiggy With It 
  June Thomas May 9, 2003
  
• Distress of Colombia 
  June Thomas May 8, 2003
  
• Blair's Birthday Bathos 
  June Thomas May 7, 2003
  
• Powell Play 
  Michael Young May 5, 2003
  
• Hostages for Oil 
  Nancy Palus May 2, 2003
  
• Europe's Empty Gesture 
  June Thomas May 1, 2003
  
• Birthday Boys? 
  Michael Young April 28, 2003
  
• Argentina's Lazarus 
  June Thomas April 26, 2003
  
• Fighting Africa's Saddam 
  Nancy Palus April 24, 2003
  
• Slaying Unsaintly George 
  June Thomas April 24, 2003
  
• Syria Sweats 
  Michael Young April 21, 2003
  
• A General Election 
  Nancy Palus April 18, 2003
  
• EU's Parthenon Pageant 
  Scott MacMillan April 17, 2003
  
• SARS: The New Enemy 
  June Thomas April 17, 2003
  
• Murder in the Mosque 
  Michael Young April 14, 2003
  
• See Ya, Saddam 
  June Thomas April 11, 2003
  
• Looking for Mr. Khazraji 
  Michael Young April 9, 2003
  
• Bush's Belfast Cameo 
  June Thomas April 9, 2003
  
• Is Syria Next? 
  Michael Young April 7, 2003
  
• Africa vs. the War 
  Nancy Palus April 4, 2003
  
• Indian Bummer 
  June Thomas April 2, 2003
  
• Pin Rummy 
  Michael Young March 31, 2003
  
• Who Will Rebuild Iraq? 
  June Thomas March 28, 2003
  
• African Scream 
  Nancy Palus March 26, 2003
  
• The Three-Minute War 
  June Thomas March 25, 2003
  
• Baghdad Götterdämmerung? 
  Michael Young March 24, 2003
  
• The Aznar Inquisition 
  June Thomas March 22, 2003
  
• War At Last! 
  June Thomas March 21, 2003
  
• Britain Resigned to War 
  June Thomas March 19, 2003
  
• War (Almost) Declared 
  Michael Young March 17, 2003
  
• Jacques the Ripper 
  June Thomas March 14, 2003
  
• Death of a Reformer 
  Scott MacMillan March 13, 2003
  
• Them vs. U.S. 
  June Thomas March 13, 2003
  
• Women o' War 
  Michael Young March 10, 2003
  
• Terror in Toe Town 
  Nancy Palus March 7, 2003
  
• Swiss Cheats? 
  June Thomas March 4, 2003
  
• Jacques of Arabia 
  Michael Young March 3, 2003
  
• The Ugly Canadian 
  June Thomas March 1, 2003
  
• Sharon's Birthday Surprise 
  June Thomas Feb. 27, 2003
  
• NK Panky 
  June Thomas Feb. 26, 2003
  
• I.C.-France 
  Nancy Palus Feb. 24, 2003
  
• Shut Up, Chirac! 
  June Thomas Feb. 20, 2003
  
• Stalemate in Cyprus 
  June Thomas Feb. 19, 2003
  
• Is Paris Turning? 
  Michael Young Feb. 17, 2003
  
• Turkey, Cut Cold 
  June Thomas Feb. 14, 2003
  
• Lessons From Kabul 
  June Thomas Feb. 12, 2003
  
• Divided Nations 
  Michael Young Feb. 10, 2003
  
• Thais Ice C 
  June Thomas Feb. 8, 2003
  
• Rating the Powell Show 
  June Thomas Feb. 7, 2003
  
• American Flameout 
  June Thomas Feb. 4, 2003
  
• 2003: Space Anxiety 
  Michael Young Feb. 3, 2003
  
• Venezuela Strikes Out 
  June Thomas Feb. 1, 2003
  
• Bush Bash 
  June Thomas Jan. 30, 2003
  
• Blix Splits Crits 
  June Thomas Jan. 28, 2003
  
• Middle East Massacres 
  Michael Young Jan. 27, 2003
  
• Pim Fortuyn's Ghost 
  June Thomas Jan. 24, 2003
  
• Israel's Big Losers 
  June Thomas Jan. 23, 2003
  
• Libya, Land of Liberty 
  June Thomas Jan. 22, 2003
  
• Osama Says: Unite 
  Michael Young Jan. 20, 2003
  
• Havel's Messy Exit 
  Scott MacMillan Jan. 17, 2003
  
• Britain's 9/11? 
  June Thomas Jan. 17, 2003
  
• Blair's Reviews Are In 
  June Thomas Jan. 14, 2003
  
• Saddam in Exile? 
  Michael Young Jan. 13, 2003
  
• Beat the Press 
  June Thomas Jan. 11, 2003
  
• Zimbabwe's Sticky Wicket 
  June Thomas Jan. 8, 2003
  
• It's the Oil, Stupid 
  June Thomas Jan. 6, 2003
  
• Not in Our Knesset! 
  June Thomas Jan. 4, 2003
  
• Happy Birthday, Euro 
  June Thomas Jan. 2, 2003