THE QUESTION

What story, event or trend has been most striking in your part of the world this week. Why? Does it have any significance beyond your borders?
Posted by Fareed Zakaria on October 21, 2006 5:10 PM

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Soli Ozel teaches at Istanbul Bilgi University's Department of International Relations and Political Science. He is a columnist for the national daily Sabah and is senior advisor to the chairman of theTurkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association. He is the editor of TUSIAD's magazine Private View and the editor of the Turkish edition of Foreign Policy a journal published by the Carnegie Endowment in the USA.

Pamuk Wins, Turkey Loses

Istanbul, Turkey - The most important story in Turkey over the past two weeks was Orhan Pamuk winning the Nobel Prize for literature. The announcement came an hour after the French National Assembly passed a resolution making it a criminal...

Soli Ozel Istanbul, Turkey | 27 COMMENTS
Oct 24, 2006 at 5:43 PM
Yossi Melman is a senior commentator for the Israeli daily Haaretz. He specializes in intelligence, security, terrorism and strategic issues. An author of seven books on these topics, his most recent book, The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran was published recently by Carroll & Graf.

Sex Scandal Rattles Israel

Tel Aviv, Israel - The Most Important Story of last week, and probably of the coming weeks as well, is the police investigation against the president of the state, Moshe Katsav. He stands accused of rape and sexual harassment of female subordinates.

Yossi Melman Tel Aviv, Israel | 47 COMMENTS
Oct 24, 2006 at 7:24 AM
Kyoko Altman has worked as a correspondent and anchor for CNN and CNBC, and as a news-magazine reporter for Japan's top-ranked news program 'News Station' on TV Asahi. She has covered more than twenty countries.

Beijing Cracks Down in Shanghai

Hong Kong - The biggest news event in China is Beijing's widening corruption probe in Shanghai. The investigation has toppled key members of the city's elite, including Shanghai's Communist Party boss, China's 16th richest man and the impresario behind the...

Kyoko Altman Hong Kong, China | 3 COMMENTS
Oct 24, 2006 at 5:25 AM
Gustavo Gorriti Is and award-winning Peruvian journalist based in Lima. He covered Peru's internal war, drug trafficking and corruption. He is the author, among other books, of The Shining Path: A History of the Millenarian War in Peru. He was Associate Director of Panama's La Prensa, Co-Director of Peru's La Republica and is currently a columnist for Caretas, Peru's leading newsmagazine.

The Men Who Stand With Chavez

Lima, Peru - This election year in Latin America has looked, save a couple of exceptions, like a serial referendum on Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez.

Gustavo Gorriti Lima, Peru | 13 COMMENTS
Oct 23, 2006 at 7:31 PM
Bashir Goth is a veteran journalist, freelance writer, the first Somali blogger and editor of a leading news website. He is also a regular contributor to major Middle Eastern and African newspapers and online journals.

Islamists Confront Free Media

Somalia/United Arab Emirates - Friday the 13th of October 2006 was a day of bad luck for Somaliland press freedom. Mobs of people, led by religious fanatics assembled in a public square in the second Somaliland city of Buroa, and burned editions of Haatuf, Somaliland's leading newpaper.

Bashir Goth Somalia/UAE | 27 COMMENTS
Oct 23, 2006 at 11:57 AM
Masha Lipman is the editor of the Pro et Contra journal, published by Carnegie Moscow Center. Lipman is also an expert in the Civil Society Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center. She served as deputy editor of the Russian weekly newsmagazines, Ezhenedel’ny zhurnal from 2001 to 2003, and of Itogi magazine from 1995 to 2001. She has worked as a translator, researcher, and contributor forMoscow bureau of The Washington Post and has had a monthly op-ed column in The Washington Post since 2001.

Russian Xenophobia Toward Georgians Grows

Moscow, Russia - This week was marked by a tragic turn in the ongoing confrontation between Russia and Georgia. Tengiz Togonidze, a 48-year-old Georgian migrant worker died in a Moscow airport as he was awaiting deportation....

Masha Lipman Moscow, Russia | 632 COMMENTS
Oct 21, 2006 at 8:35 PM

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