Castro and 'Ernesto'
When the Hispanic 'Ernesto' pushed over eastern Cuba earlier this week, the great mobiliser was himself immobilised. A Reuters report out of Havana said that for the first time in four decades, Cubans had to handle... - Martin Henry

Battling to a draw
As the United States and, more recently, Israel, have found out, colonisation is not as easy to do as it once was. And with howls for an enquiry into the performance of the Israeli army... - Melville Cooke

Pay now or pay later
Something odd is happening in United States financial markets. In Washington for some meetings, I was having lunch with some economists at the International Monetary Fund. We could agree on one thing: When it pays a bank... - John Rapley