Pauvre Haiti

The night after the earthquake, Haitians who had lost their homes, or who feared that their houses might collapse, slept outdoors, in the streets and parks of Port-au-Prince.

Read the rest of George Packer’s New Yorker article here

Yemen’s Uncertain Future

Read about the problems in Yemen’s future here.

Could the Mullahs Fall This Time?

As protesters poured into the streets of Iran in the biggest and bloodiest demonstrations since June, Trita and Rouzbeh Parsi say this time could be the breaking point.

Read the article and watch the latest videos of the protests here.

Iran On The Verge?

An Iranian police officer, pictured in a white shirt, is protected and taken away by people after being beaten by protesters in Tehran Photograph: AP

Read the latest about the civilian protests and clashes with the government here and here.

Ayatollah Montazeri, Iranian Cleric, Dies at 87

Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri

Read about the death of the leading reformist Iranian cleric here

Iran’s government ‘will not last’, says Mehdi Karoubi

Watch Karoubi’s rare interview with the BBC here.

Ann Lee on Financial Regulation

Ann Lee is an adjunct professor at New York University and a former investment banker and hedge fund partner

Network 20/20 member Ann Lee offers her take on financial regulation here.

Ann writes about our broken banking system here.

Tete a tete with Hillary Clinton

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Hassan Abbas

Hassan Abbas interviews Hillary Clinton on her recent trip to Pakistan.  Read the exchange here

The Facts About Bottled Water

http://www.dump.com/2009/12/13/the-facts-about-bottled-water/

The Two Souls of Turkey

Author Orhan Pamuk

Nobel Prize winning author Orhan Pamuk discusses the ideological divisions within Turkey here