24 May 12

24 May 2012
Top slot
Top article: 
Pan Am 103: Libya and a case unclosed
Top article title: 
Pan Am 103: Libya and a case unclosed
Top article description: 
The death of the Libyan official convicted over the Lockerbie bombing in December 1988 will not end the question of responsibility for the atrocity
Top image: 
Image credit: 
Wikimedia Commons/StaraBlazkova. Lockerbie disaster memorial. Public domain.
Left column
Article 1: 
France, a political tightrope
Article 1 description: 
The aftermath of the presidential election is also the prelude to a parliamentary vote whose outcome is crucial to Francois Hollande's leadership, says Patrice de Beer
Article 2: 
Security in Nigeria depends on human welfare, not state-centric bureaucratisation
Article 2 title: 
Nigeria: failure and future of security
Article 2 description: 
The creation of a "homeland security" ministry in Nigeria entrenches a militarised, state-centred vision that lacks the element the country most needs, says Adoyi Onoja
Article 3: 
Kashgar's old city: the endgame
Article 3 description: 
China's plan to transform the heart of Uyghur culture, learning and urban settlement - Kashgar old city - is well underway. The fact that the Uyghurs themselves have no voice in this process gives the experience a wider significance, says Henryk Szadziewski
Right column
Article 1: 
Climate politics: hockey-stick to hamster-wheel
Article 1 description: 
The containment of greenhouse-gas emissions requires political will. But to get to that point the debate about global warming needs to escape from two key diversions, says Øyvind Paasche
Article 2: 
An open letter to Lord Patten: give the people some say over how our affairs are reported
Article 2 title: 
Arise, BBC citizens! An open letter
Article 2 description: 
The BBC needs to respond to a changing media and democracy by allowing the public to shape its future output, Dan Hind tells BBC chairman Lord Patten, in the latest <a href=http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourbeeb>OurBeeb</a> contribution
Article 3: 
North African diversities: a Tunisian odyssey
Article 3 description: 
Tunisia's modern history, from the late French colonial period to the rule of two long-term presidents, has been a constant presence in the life of the journalist Francis Ghilès. Here he reflects on how this experience - familial, social, professional - has over six decades shaped his understanding of Tunisia's complexities
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