Collective shrug among exiles
"We're seeing one dictator pass the reins to another dictator. Big deal," said Dr. Jose Azel, summing up the South Florida Cuban community's reaction to the news of Fidel Castro's...
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Slow Wilma lets Florida prepare
South Florida's fate rests this weekend on Mexico's misfortune. The longer the storm lumbers over the Yucatan Peninsula, the better the chances that a weakened system will stagger toward the...
We don’t need any fence, one defiant mayor insists
Qedumim, West Bank * Daniella Weiss doesn't shy away from the label "extremist." As mayor of a Jewish settlement just outside the Palestinian city of Nablus, she embraces it. There...
Bedouin family hemmed in
JAYYoUS, West Bank * To get his five children to school every morning, Ali Abu Shareb must wake them early enough to meet the Israeli soldiers who hold the key...
High-tech Israeli town spotlights divide over security barrier
With good schools, quality home construction and affordable prices, Ariel seems to offer everything a young Israeli couple might be looking for. Home to the Jewish state's largest college, the...
Finish the fence soon, advocates demand
Ask Marc Luria where he wants Israel's security fence built and he shrugs. He just wants it finished, and fast. "I have no idea what the holdup is, but every...
Israel’s security fence separates Jewish, Palestinian friends
When Ted Plavin moved to this Jewish settlement in 1989, residents warned that he was living too close to Arabs. A Palestinian man lived right behind his unfinished home, built...
The writing on the wall
Great conflicts produce great symbols. Nothing so much symbolizes the centuries of conflicts over Jerusalem as its old fortressed city with its massive walls, labyrinthine alleys and divided quarters for...
Israel’s barrier deepens divide
A wall. A fence. A trench. However it's described, the vast barricade being erected along Israel's border with the Palestinian West Bank is rapidly altering the political, social and economic...
A nation in tatters: Haiti rapidly spiraling out of control
Inspector Narcisse Lacombe cradled an aging assault rifle and swayed uneasily on the porch of this small town's police station -- one of the last in northern Haiti that hasn't...