Editorials Tuesday, August 5, 2008

The indictment of Omar Al-Bashir

Within two weeks that the prosecutor in charge of Darfur, Luis Moreno-Ocampo filed 10 charges of war crimes against Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir at the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Sudanese president has suddenly woken up to the seriousness of the situation in Darfur... [GUARDIAN]

Food diplomacy works

The United States cannot lead if it is hated. If Americans still aspire to remake the world as a more democratic, more prosperous place with fewer terrorists and nuclear weapons states, if we seek global cooperation on issues ranging from counter-proliferation to climate change, we must set about earning back the goodwill of nations. [Los Angeles Times]

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