Tehran looks beyond Bush | By Trita Parsi | WASHINGTON - Conciliatory noises from Tehran over the nuclear issue have left Washington and Brussels baffled, and unconvinced of Iran's intentions. Having grown accustomed to Presi... (photo: AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)Asia Times
Egypt's health care under fire The video shows a poorly lit hospital nursery filled with premature babies in incubators. Doctors are frantically trying to resuscitate some babies while others wail in the background after a night-ti... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)Middle East Online
EU alert on biofuel targets | THE European Parliament has called for the European Union to lower its targets for developing biofuels, which are thought to be driving up food prices. | The environmen... (photo: UDSA / Keith Weller)The Australian BiofuelEUFoodInflationPhotos
Tehran looks beyond Bush | By Trita Parsi | WASHINGTON - Conciliatory noises from Tehran over the nuclear issue have left Washington and Brussels baffled, and unconvinced of Iran's intentions. Ha... (photo: AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)Asia Times IranNuclearPhotosPoliticsUS
Greed and dogma fertilize food crisis | By Sameer Dossani | For those following economic trends, the past 18 months are notable primarily for two reasons. First, the US housing market, long seen as overvalued... (photo: AP / Anupam Nath)Asia Times FoodMarketOilPhotosPopulation
Shrimp gets spicy in a summer salad TOOLS | Should you decide to forgo the bread in this shrimp sandwich, you'll be just as satisfied with it as a main-course salad. It's an addictive combination of sweet s... (photo: Creative Commons / )Houston Chronicle CultureFoodPeoplePhotosSociety
Optimistic on economy RUSUTSU, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight economic powers warned Tuesday that surging oil and food prices could undermine world growth but that the global economy wo... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)San Diego EconomyG8JapanPhotosSummit
Eni, Petrobras update partnership agreement | Uchenna Izundu | LONDON, July 8 -- Eni SPA and Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) renewed their commitment to work closely together on upstream and downstream operation... (photo: AP / Petrobras, HO)Oil & Gas Journal BrazilEconomyOilPhotosSAmerica
