An exploration by a correspondent for The Guardian of lives on both sides of the West Bank barrier built by Israel, which means security for some and to others is means of undoing their future - part two: the Palestinian village of Jayyus.

An exploration by a correspondent for The Guardian of lives on both sides of the West Bank barrier built by Israel, which means security for some and to others is means of undoing their future - part one: Israeli settler, Alfe Menashe.

In American politics, patriotism is the most potent of issues, which is why Barack Obama, possibly the most liberal member of the US Senate, has spent the past week on a mission to plant his own flag in the safe, indisputably patriotic, political centre.

Evidence of a conspiracy to overthrow the pro-Western Islamist government has laid bare the resentment of the country's secular elite in a divided country.

People in the United States are leaving their gas guzzlers in the garage, as the nation of road movies, freeway freedom and dreams of endless horizons wakes up to the reality of soaring fuel prices.

Warning, strong laguage on the website, if you offended by the Stimulator's way of presenting, do not go and watch. He uses VERY strong language (aka cuss words) But I LOVE the guy. The speech is a MUST listen to.

The giant rotting piles of garbage that litter the streets of southern Italian towns such as Casal di Principe are an apt symbol of the putrefying hold that organised crime has over every aspect of life in this blighted part of the world.

The Garnaut report, the first comprehensive assessment of the impact of climate change on Australia, has concluded that the country must pay more for petrol, food and energy or ultimately face environmental degradation and economic loss.

Returning home after winning Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism in London, made to strip, assaulted by Shin Bet security at border crossing; dragged by heels to ambulance after lost consciousness. Dutch diplomats escorting him powerless. Not isolated in

The Cape Cod gated community of Oyster Harbours is ground zero in a very uncivil war in which some of the wealthiest and most famous people in the country have joined forces with the coal industry to block the ambitious Cape Wind clean-energy project.