Ireland goes to the polls. Should we expect changes?

Fine Gael is heading toward victory and probably to coalition government with Labour according to polls.

Gaddafi holds on to power in Libya

What to do?

U.S. officials confirmed Raymond Davis is a security contractor working for CIA

See here. Is it a game changer? For previous post about the case of Raymond Davis see here.

Afghan citizen Said Musa faces a possible death sentence for converting to Christianity

See here. His case is not the first and surely not the last one in Afghanistan.  Update: Said Musa was released.

New “Panama Canal” in Colombia?

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos suggested in the Financial Times the plan to build ‘alternative Panama Canal’. He said the joint project with China is a real proposal.

Who is next after Tunisia and Egypt?

Here are some answers.

The case of Raymond Davis and Pakistan-US relations

American diplomat Raymond Davis shot two men on January 27 in Lahore if he was threatened by them. He is in detention in Pakistan. According to U.S. State Department he should be released immediately as he enjoys diplomatic immunity. But there is a growing rumor in Pakistani media Davis was a spy and he shot two agents of Inter-Services Intelligence. Some update of this post is here.

Is President Bush vulnerable to prosecution abroad?

The Centre for Constitutional Rights believes President George Bush approved torture when he approved enhanced interrogation techniques  and the organization said all signatories to the convention on torture “are obligated to prosecute or extradite for prosecution anyone present in their territory they have a reasonable basis for believing has committed torture”.

Cheney: Mubarak has been a good friend and ally of the United States

Really?

Ronald Reagan, Fall of the Soviet Bloc and Egypt

President Ronald Reagan would turn 100 today. Happy Birthday!