By Cameron Abadi

The Washington Post focuses on revelations in the testimonies gathered at Guantanamo about Al Qaeda's movements and strategy in the wake of the 9/11 attack. The piece shows Osama bin Laden expectantly awaiting an American attack, as he travels around Afghanistan, from Kandahar, to Kabul, to Tora Bora, preparing Al Qaeda operatives to carry on in the event that he is killed.

By Winsome-Grace Cornish

The new Bill of Rights Commission launch last week has come under attack from the Society of Black Lawyers (SBL) who has issued a strong statement criticizing its all-white membership. 

By Murtaza Razvi 

Karachi stole a few hours from its urban madness, and targeted killings, to celebrate Faiz’s centenary this past Sunday. In the blistering April heat danced the Makranis to the inimitable tune of their drums and flutes. For the more discerning, there were short seminars and theatre performances; art stalls occupied another corner of the spacious lawns on Kashmir Road. Citizens for Democracy had joined hands with a number of public and private entities and NGOs to put up the show, which saw a good number of citizens in attendance in these days of enveloping intolerance.

By Kalsoom Lakhani

Greg Mortenson is a mountaineer-turned-humanitarian, a New York Times bestselling author, and a two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee. If we are to believe the recent 60 Minutes investigation and Jon Krakauer’s report Three Cups of Deceit, he is also a liar.

By Madawi Al-Rasheed

Saudi Arabia's rulers are deploying a mix of force and largesse to contain the threat of democratic protest. But an emerging civic movement is determined to persist.

In the era of oil, voluntary servitude may become the only option for a people deprived of basic human and civil rights. But behind the scenes and prison-bars there is hope in Saudi Arabia: most of all in an emerging civil-rights movement that is attracting Saudis of different ideological, regional and sectarian backgrounds. The Saudi regime is responding with attempts to suffocate this young movement via two classic strategies - sectarian politics and heavy policing. There are growing questions over the effectiveness of each.

By Brigitte Herremans

After the breakdown of the diplomatic process and the emergence of a youth movement, has the time for rapprochement between Fatah and Hamas come?