Christine Lagarde Named New IMF Chief
Christine Lagarde is the first woman to lead the International Monetary Fund. View the full article
Christine Lagarde is the first woman to lead the International Monetary Fund. View the full article
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Check out "Union Jacked: Amanda Foreman's New Civil War Book Echoes Today's Geopolitics"
A BRIEF REVIEW OF 1000 PAGES:
Newsweek: Union Jacked, 26 June 2011
Amanda Foreman's New Civil War Book Echoes Today's Geopolitics
http://bit.ly/iSiuYa
Newsweek: Union Jacked, 26 June 2011
Amanda Foreman's New Civil War Book Echoes Today's Geopolitics
http://bit.ly/iSiuYa
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Robert Fisk: Freedom, democracy and human rights in Syria - Robert Fisk, Commentators - The Independent
This from 2010 makes very interesting reading in light of current
events. I just saw Ribal al-Assad on SkyNews.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-freedom-democracy-and-human-rights-in-syria-2080463.html
events. I just saw Ribal al-Assad on SkyNews.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-freedom-democracy-and-human-rights-in-syria-2080463.html
The Daily Beast: German Soldiers Can’t Shoot
German Soldiers Can't Shoot
Leaked reports question the competence of the German army. View the full article
Leaked reports question the competence of the German army. View the full article
The Daily Beast: Obama's Secret Wars
Obama's Secret Wars
U.S. covert wars rage in places like Yemen, where a new blueprint for military action is being drawn. View the full article
U.S. covert wars rage in places like Yemen, where a new blueprint for military action is being drawn. View the full article
The Daily Beast: Stuck at the Gaza Border
Stuck at the Gaza Border
Post-Mubarak Egypt threw open its border with Gaza with great fanfare in late May, breaking Israel's four-year blockade—so why aren't any goods, and so few people, making the crossing? Dan Ephron reports. View the full article
Post-Mubarak Egypt threw open its border with Gaza with great fanfare in late May, breaking Israel's four-year blockade—so why aren't any goods, and so few people, making the crossing? Dan Ephron reports. View the full article
Monday, June 20, 2011
Check out "The Galliano Dossier" and "Flights of Imagination"
A little change of pace this week:
Newsweek: The Galliano Dossier, 20 June 2011
Fashion's enfant terrible is about to have his day in court on charges that he hurled anti-Semitic insults in a Paris café. What made him snap? (With Tracy McNicoll)
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/06/19/the-galliano-dossier.html
Newsweek International: Flights of Imagination, 20 June 2011
Trailblazing design teams are taking passenger comfort to a whole different plane.
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/06/19/how-airlines-can-make-flying-more-comfortable.html
Newsweek: The Galliano Dossier, 20 June 2011
Fashion's enfant terrible is about to have his day in court on charges that he hurled anti-Semitic insults in a Paris café. What made him snap? (With Tracy McNicoll)
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/06/19/the-galliano-dossier.html
Newsweek International: Flights of Imagination, 20 June 2011
Trailblazing design teams are taking passenger comfort to a whole different plane.
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/06/19/how-airlines-can-make-flying-more-comfortable.html
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Check out "The Invisible Man," how fear of aging fits into the Weiner, DSK, Schwarzenegger, Berlusconi scandals
The Daily Beast: The Invisible Man, 14 June 2011
The fear of aging and being ignored affects the behavior of politicians like Anthony Weiner, stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger—and the rest of us, says Christopher Dickey.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-06-14/anthony-weiners-fear-being-invisible-to-women/
The fear of aging and being ignored affects the behavior of politicians like Anthony Weiner, stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger—and the rest of us, says Christopher Dickey.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-06-14/anthony-weiners-fear-being-invisible-to-women/
Monday, June 13, 2011
Check out "Intelligence Test: Arab democracy and CIA disarray"
Newsweek International: Intelligence Test, 13 June 2011
With regimes falling across the Middle East, America's spies have lost one of their most valued allies in the war against the jihadists: dictators.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-06-12/the-arab-spring-has-weakened-us-intelligence/
With regimes falling across the Middle East, America's spies have lost one of their most valued allies in the war against the jihadists: dictators.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-06-12/the-arab-spring-has-weakened-us-intelligence/
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Check out "Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Not Guilty Plea"
This from yesterday:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn formally entered a plea of not guilty to sexual-assault charges in a Manhattan courtroom Monday, but the former IMF chief is under attack almost as much for who he is as for what he did.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-06-06/dominique-strauss-kahn-pleads-not-guilty/
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Check out: Al Qaeda's Most Dangerous Operator Killed; Intvu with Anderson Cooper about Yemen
The Daily Beast: Al Qaeda Commander Ilyas Kashmiri Killed in U.S. Predator Strike, 4 June 2011
By Ron Moreau, Sami Yousafzai and Christopher Dickey
In a major blow to the terrorist organization, a U.S. Predator strike in Pakistan killed one of al Qaeda's most active leaders, Ilyas Kashmiri, sources confirm to The Daily Beast. Plus, Newsweek's profile of Kashmiri. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-06-04/al-qaeda-commander-ilyas-kashmiri-killed-in-us-predator-strike/
CNN Video: Yemen on the Brink of Civil War, 3 June 2011
AC360's Anderson Cooper speaks with Christopher Dickey and Fareed Zakaria about concerns that al Qaeda may be gaining ground in Yemen. http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2011/06/04/ac.yemen.security.issues.cnn.html
And in case you missed this on Memorial Day:
Newsweek: To Catch a Creep, 30 May 2011
How do you know who's lying and who's telling the truth about a rape? From no-name scoundrels to big-power suspects like Dominique Strauss-Kahn, these cops crack New York's most shocking sex crimes.
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/29/inside-the-nypd-s-special-victims-division.html
By Ron Moreau, Sami Yousafzai and Christopher Dickey
In a major blow to the terrorist organization, a U.S. Predator strike in Pakistan killed one of al Qaeda's most active leaders, Ilyas Kashmiri, sources confirm to The Daily Beast. Plus, Newsweek's profile of Kashmiri. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-06-04/al-qaeda-commander-ilyas-kashmiri-killed-in-us-predator-strike/
CNN Video: Yemen on the Brink of Civil War, 3 June 2011
AC360's Anderson Cooper speaks with Christopher Dickey and Fareed Zakaria about concerns that al Qaeda may be gaining ground in Yemen. http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2011/06/04/ac.yemen.security.issues.cnn.html
And in case you missed this on Memorial Day:
Newsweek: To Catch a Creep, 30 May 2011
How do you know who's lying and who's telling the truth about a rape? From no-name scoundrels to big-power suspects like Dominique Strauss-Kahn, these cops crack New York's most shocking sex crimes.
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/29/inside-the-nypd-s-special-victims-division.html
Monday, May 30, 2011
Check out "To Catch a Creep": Inside the Special Victims squad that arrested Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Newsweek, To Catch a Creep, 30 May 2011
How do you know who's lying and who's telling the truth about a rape? From no-name scoundrels to big-power suspects like Dominique Strauss-Kahn, these cops crack New York's most shocking sex crimes.
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/29/inside-the-nypd-s-special-victims-division.html
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Checke out "The 3 Women Who'll Decide Strauss-Kahn's Fate"
The Daily Beast, Three Women to Decide IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Sexual-Assault Case, 17 May 2011
The rape case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn hinges on the testimony of three women: his daughter, the hotel maid he allegedly attacked, and a second alleged victim. Christopher Dickey reports from Paris.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-17/three-women-to-decide-imf-chief-dominique-strauss-kahns-sexual-assault-case/
The rape case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn hinges on the testimony of three women: his daughter, the hotel maid he allegedly attacked, and a second alleged victim. Christopher Dickey reports from Paris.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-17/three-women-to-decide-imf-chief-dominique-strauss-kahns-sexual-assault-case/
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Check out a long day of TV appearances talking about the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case
The Today Show, NBC:
IMF chief accused of NYC sex attack
One of the most influential bankers in the world -- and a possible candidate for the French presidency -- was arrested and charged with sexual assault at a luxury Manhattan hotel. NBC's Jeff Rossen has the details and Newsweek's Christopher Dickey discusses the French reaction to the charges with TODAY's Matt Lauer.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43044872#43044872
Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC:
IMF Chief accused of sexual assault
Investigative crime reporter Michelle Sigona and Newsweek's Christopher Dickey talk about the latest details surrounding the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/43053055#43053055
NBC Nightly News (a brief sound bite):
IMF chief denied bail over sexual assault charges
Despite cries of foul play by some in the French press, prosecutors say they have DNA evidence to prove that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leader of IMF and possible presidential candidate in France, attempted to rape a maid in his Manhattan hotel room. NBC's Jeff Rossen reports.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/43053693#43053693
Canadian SunNews network:
IMF scandal fallout : Prime time : SunNews Video Gallery
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/946327413001
In The Arena with Eliot Spitzer, CNN:
Journalists Chrystia Freeland and Christopher Dickey discuss the sex charges against IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/05/16/exp.arena.assault.strauss.kahn.cnn
There were also appearances on the France24 news bulletin with Annette Young and BBC America, but for the moment I can't find links to the video.
Plus, from earlier in the week:
France24, Egypt: Justice and Revolution, 16 May 2011
http://www.france24.com/en/20110513-egypt-popular-revolt-justice-syria-jordan-jerusalem-religion
(I would not agree with the report's assertion that Gamal Mubarak was the real power in Egypt in recent years.)
IMF chief accused of NYC sex attack
One of the most influential bankers in the world -- and a possible candidate for the French presidency -- was arrested and charged with sexual assault at a luxury Manhattan hotel. NBC's Jeff Rossen has the details and Newsweek's Christopher Dickey discusses the French reaction to the charges with TODAY's Matt Lauer.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43044872#43044872
Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC:
IMF Chief accused of sexual assault
Investigative crime reporter Michelle Sigona and Newsweek's Christopher Dickey talk about the latest details surrounding the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/43053055#43053055
NBC Nightly News (a brief sound bite):
IMF chief denied bail over sexual assault charges
Despite cries of foul play by some in the French press, prosecutors say they have DNA evidence to prove that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leader of IMF and possible presidential candidate in France, attempted to rape a maid in his Manhattan hotel room. NBC's Jeff Rossen reports.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/43053693#43053693
Canadian SunNews network:
IMF scandal fallout : Prime time : SunNews Video Gallery
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/946327413001
In The Arena with Eliot Spitzer, CNN:
Journalists Chrystia Freeland and Christopher Dickey discuss the sex charges against IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/05/16/exp.arena.assault.strauss.kahn.cnn
There were also appearances on the France24 news bulletin with Annette Young and BBC America, but for the moment I can't find links to the video.
Plus, from earlier in the week:
France24, Egypt: Justice and Revolution, 16 May 2011
http://www.france24.com/en/20110513-egypt-popular-revolt-justice-syria-jordan-jerusalem-religion
(I would not agree with the report's assertion that Gamal Mubarak was the real power in Egypt in recent years.)
Monday, May 16, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Check out my coverage of Strauss-Kahn's arrest for alleged sex crimes
The Daily Beast, Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Arrest and Political Fallout, 15 May 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest in New York on Saturday for alleged criminal sexual assault may end his career at the IMF—and will transform the French presidential race.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-15/dominique-strauss-kahn-international-money-fund-head-charged-in-sexual-assault/
France24 Audio: An unmitigated disaster for StraussKahn's career, 15 May 2011
http://www.france24.com/en/node/5195563
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest in New York on Saturday for alleged criminal sexual assault may end his career at the IMF—and will transform the French presidential race.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-15/dominique-strauss-kahn-international-money-fund-head-charged-in-sexual-assault/
France24 Audio: An unmitigated disaster for StraussKahn's career, 15 May 2011
http://www.france24.com/en/node/5195563
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Check out "Galliano's Woes," a brief video
The Daily Beast video, Dickey Chronicles: Galliano's Woes, 10 May 2011
The designer, the Paris neighborhood where he went on his rant, and memories of the Holocaust around the corner. http://bcove.me/q6hsyqqo
To leave comments, find it at http://www.thedailybeast.com/video/
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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