CAIRO -- Egypts parliament is due to examine a new broadcasting bill in November that is of growing concern for journalists and press rights groups in the country and abroad. Broadcast journalists are already under severe threat from the government, with censorship running high.

DOHA -- I was not born when, on June 21, 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy spoke those immortal words: "Ich bin ein Berliner" from the balcony of West Berlins city hall, the Rathaus Schönenberg.

Russias Prime Minister and former President Vladimir Putin, current President Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian foreign policy elite (as it is fond of calling itself), and much of Russian public opinion all strongly oppose American "hegemony" or "unipolarity," and seek to restore Russia as a great power in a multipolar world.