ANALYSIS
Venezuela's Chavez Shuffles Cabinet to Boost 'Revolution'
Estrella Gutiérrez
Ethnic Youth Crime Rate Shocks Germany
Stefan Nicola

COMMENTARY
A True Union of the West?
Martin Walker

ECONOMIC WATCH
South Africa Complains Trade Deals with Europe Signed 'Under Duress'
David Cronin
China Slipping on High Oil Prices
Antoneta Bezlova
Tackling Latin America's Army of Unemployed Youth
Fabiana Frayssinet

FEATURE
Faith-based Efforts Promote Reconciliation in Afghanistan
Willis Witter

FORUM
The Shan State People Taking up Arms against the Junta
Antonio Graceffo

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Lee Myung Bak, South Korea's President-elect Vows Tougher Line on North
Shim Jae Hoon

SECURITY SCENE
Turmoil in Kenya Concerns Washington
Jim Lobe
Uttar Pradesh: India's New Hotbed of Terror
Kushal Jeena

WORLD PERSPECTIVES - Conflict Plagues the Ivory Coast
Introduction
Stephen Osmond
Can the Ouagadougou Agreement Bring Peace?
International Crisis Group
The Bitter Taste of Cocoa
Michael Deibert
Conflict Diamonds from Cote d'Ivoire Still Enter Europe
David Cronin
Rural Women in Need of a Helping Hand
Fulgence Zamblé
Ban Ki-moon 'Deeply Concerned' that the Ouagadougou Peace Accord is Failing
Integrated Regional Information Networks

 

EDUCATION
Seminole School Thriving In Florida
Mark Weisenmiller
Looking at the Individual: One Day in an ESL Classroom
Laura Baxter

HEALTH
Healthy Achievement
Christian Toto

LIFE AND IDEALS
Ted Ginn: Success is to See Others Succeed
Martin Gitlin

TRAVEL
Hawaii: The Road to Hana
Joel Berliner

COMMENTARY
Invading the Sacred
Deepa Kandaswamy
Invading the Sacred: An Analysis of Hinduism Studies in America
Edited by Krishnan Ramaswamy, Antonio de Nicolas, Aditi Banerjee

FEATURED BOOK
The Invisible Hand of Globalization: Alan Greenspan's 'Age of Turbulence'
Susan Froetschel
The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
Alan Greenspan

REVIEWS
Revolutionary Statesmen: Lincoln, von Bismarck, Czar Alexander II
Claude R. Marx
Forge Of Empires 1861-1871: Three Revolutionary Statesmen and the World They Made
Michael Knox Beran

Multiple Layers of Mystery and Intrigue
John Weisman's
An Ordinary Spy
Joseph Weisberg

A Nation's Courage Sorely Tested
William Anthony Hay
The First Day of the Blitz
Peter Stansky

SHORT STORIES
Dark Tales and Terrifying Emotions
James E. Person Jr.
Nightshadows
William F. Nolan

WRITERS AND WRITING
The Life and Letters of Arthur Conan Doyle
Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters
Edited by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, Charles Foley

Kingsley Amis' Work and Common Touch
Clive Davis
The Life of Kingsley Amis
Zachary Leader

ARTS WATCH
In the Balkans, Art Breaks Some Ice
Vesna Peric Zimonjic

EXHIBITION
Restless Visions: The Art of John Alexander
Deborah K. Dietsch

FILM
Appreciating John Ford
Gary Arnold

INTERVIEW
No Debate: It's Denzel Washington
Kelly Jane Torrance

CLIMATE CHANGE
Forests Could Cook or Cool the Planet
Stephen Leahy
Forgotten Islands Raise Their Voice
Ramesh Jaura

NATURE WALK
The Interesting Reproductive Habits of Coral
Stacey Foxworthy

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
New Water Filter to Combat Arsenic Poisoning in Bangladesh
Integrated Regional Information Networks

HERITAGE
Howard University's Place in African American Heritage
Lisa Rauschart

PEOPLES
Pollution Concerns over Egypt's Mud Brick Industry
Leslie-Ann Boctor
A New Hour on Turkey's Dial
Handan Tülay Şatıroğlu

REMEMBERING HISTORY
Long-lost Ancestor's Grave Dedicated
Richard E. Clem

TALES OF FIRE AND STRIFE
Gettysburg, Vicksburg led to South's Defeat
Francis P. Sempa

VOICES FROM THE WAR
A Plan to Halt Slavery in Virginia
Steve French