http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/feed.rss.xml feed http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/09/baltasar-garz-n-spain-s-legal-crusader-silenced The judge who persecuted human-rights violations are as far away as Argentina has been disbarred. world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:30:00 GMT Mike Elkin /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/09/baltasar-garz-n-spain-s-legal-crusader-silenced Susana Vera / Reuters / Landov Image #: 13574670 Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon reacts during the presentation of his book "La fuerza de la razon" (The strength of reason) in Madrid March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN - Tags: SOCIETY MEDIA) SUSANA VERA/ REUTERS/LANDOV http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/09/in-the-maldives-a-coup-in-paradise After toppling a dictator in 2008, the Maldives’ first democratically elected leader has been violently ousted. world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:37:00 GMT Sumon K Chakrabarti /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/09/in-the-maldives-a-coup-in-paradise Sinan Hussain / Getty Images Opposition supporters confront police as they protest against the arrest of Criminal Court Chief Justice Abdulla Mohamed in Male, Maldives, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. The Maldives asked the United Nations on Sunday to send a group of international jurists to resolve what it calls a judicial system failure that has resulted in the military's detention of the senior judge. (AP Photo/Sinan Hussain) http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/09/20-most-corrupt-countries-from-cambodia-to-afghanistan From Syria to Haiti, The Daily Beast crunches the numbers to find the worst corruption in the world. world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:32:00 GMT /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/09/20-most-corrupt-countries-from-cambodia-to-afghanistan http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/09/inside-homs-syria-s-war-zone In Homs, the sound of bombs falling has become the norm. Katie Paul and Rana Riziq report. world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:20:00 GMT Katie Paul, Rana Riziq /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/09/inside-homs-syria-s-war-zone Mulham Alnader, Reuters / Landov Image #: 16829287 Residents rest in a shelter in the Sunni Muslim district of Bab Amro in Homs in this handout picture received February 8, 2012. Syrian forces thrust into the rebellious city of Homs on Wednesday, killing as many as 100 civilians by the account of opposition activists, and Turkey appeared to be preparing a new diplomatic push against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. REUTERS/Mulham Alnader/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) REUTERS/Mulham Alnader /LANDOV http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/09/the-dog-glamour-ads-that-win-westminster Show-dog owners buy ads so their dogs will place well in competitions. world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:45:00 GMT Josh Dean /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/09/the-dog-glamour-ads-that-win-westminster http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/09/should-the-u-s-intervene-in-syria-experts-weigh-in As Syrian forces brutally attack civilians and rebels alike, The Daily Beast asks experts, ‘What should the U.S. do next?’ world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:45:00 GMT Matthew DeLuca /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/09/should-the-u-s-intervene-in-syria-experts-weigh-in AP Photos A Syrian rebel runs for cover during an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence. Activists reported at least 50 killed in the regime's siege of the restive city of Homs. (AP Photo) http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/09/israel-s-dilemma-if-it-attacks-iran-will-it-also-have-to-hit-hizbullah Israeli leaders must weigh whether an attack against Iran would require a second front against Hizbullah, says Bruce Riedel. world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT Bruce Riedel /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/09/israel-s-dilemma-if-it-attacks-iran-will-it-also-have-to-hit-hizbullah Bilal Hussein / AP Photo Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, during a ceremony in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, to mark Islam's Prophet Muhammad's birth. Nasrallah said in his speech that America, western nations, Israel and some Arab states have made a decision to bring down the regime of President Bashar Assad in Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/08/twitter-aflame-with-fatwa-against-saudi-writer-hamza-kashgari A young Saudi blogger’s tweets about the Prophet Muhammad have inflamed Islamists, who are calling for his execution. Mike Giglio exclusively interviews Hamza Kashgari. world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:10:00 GMT Mike Giglio /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/08/twitter-aflame-with-fatwa-against-saudi-writer-hamza-kashgari An undated photo of Hamza Kashgari. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/08/the-falklands-always-contested-inspire-fresh-english-argentine-squabble0 The Argentines, still smarting over the last war, continue to covet the British-held islands. world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:02:00 GMT Mac Margolis /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/08/the-falklands-always-contested-inspire-fresh-english-argentine-squabble0 Alexandre Meneghini / AP Photos Josefina Vasquez Mota, presidential candidate of Mexico's National Action Party, PAN, waves to supporters after casting her vote during the party's primary elections in Huixquilucan, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. If nominated Vasquez Mota would be the first woman from a major political party to run for Mexico's highest office. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/08/china-sided-with-russia-on-syria-out-of-defensiveness-not-strength China wants to tell the West that it doesn’t make the rules any more, Melinda Liu writes. world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:28:00 GMT Melinda Liu /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/08/china-sided-with-russia-on-syria-out-of-defensiveness-not-strength Allison Joyce, Reuters / Landov Image #: 16782879 China's Ambassador Li Baodong (front C) votes during a U.N. Security Council meeting on a European-Arab draft resolution endorsing an Arab League plan calling for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to give up power in New York February 4, 2012. The Homs attack made Friday the bloodiest day of an 11-month uprising and it gave new urgency to a push by the Arab League, the United States and Europe for a U.N. resolution calling for Assad to cede power. The Security Council had scheduled an open meeting for Saturday to vote on the draft. But Russia asked that the 15-nation body not immediately do so and instead hold consultations. REUTERS/Allison Joyce (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) REUTERS /ALLISON JOYCE /LANDOV http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/08/the-syrian-endgame-how-the-u-s-can-speed-up-revolution Revolution will likely succeed—but when? Former State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley on what the U.S. can do. world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:46:00 GMT P.J. Crowley /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/08/the-syrian-endgame-how-the-u-s-can-speed-up-revolution Alessio Romenzi, AFP / Getty Images A member of the Free Syrian Army holds a burning portrait of embattled President Bashar al-Assad in Al-Qsair, 25kms southwest of the flashpoint city Homs, on January 25, 2012. Although heavily outnumbered and outgunned, the Free Syrian Army has increasingly launched bold attacks against regime forces and managed to seize control of some neighbourhoods of Homs. AFP PHOTO/ALESSIO ROMENZI (Photo credit should read Alessio Romenzi/AFP/Getty Images) http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/08/how-much-are-the-costa-concordia-passengers-entitled-to-win-and-who-is-accountable-for-the-shipwreck The deadly shipwreck survivors have filed lawsuits, writes Barbie Latza Nadeau. world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:02:00 GMT Barbie Latza Nadeau /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/08/how-much-are-the-costa-concordia-passengers-entitled-to-win-and-who-is-accountable-for-the-shipwreck Filippo Monteforte, AFP / Getty Images Technicians and rescuers work near the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia lying aground in front of the Isola del Giglio (Giglio island) on January 23, 2012 after hitting underwater rocks on January 13. talian divers on Tuesday found a body in the wreck of an Italian cruise ship, rescuers said, bringing the official death toll to 16 with 16 more people still missing. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images) http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/07/gina-rinehart-one-of-world-s-richest-women-embroiled-in-a-family-feud Gina Rinehart, one of the world’s richest women, feuds with her children over a family trust even as she angles to become a media tycoon. world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:45:00 GMT Raymond Bonner /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/07/gina-rinehart-one-of-world-s-richest-women-embroiled-in-a-family-feud Paul Kane / Getty Images PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 09: Gina Rinehart, chairman of Hancock Prospecting joins protesters as they rally against the government's proposed mining tax outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel where Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is to address the Perth Press Club on June 9, 2010 in Perth, Australia. Rudd is in Western Australia to campaign for his proposed 40% resources super profits tax amid falling approval ratings in recent polls and strong opposition from the mining industry. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Gina Rinehart http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/08/asma-al-assad-poses-as-reformer-but-supports-syria-s-brutal-regime Asma-Al-Assad has long claimed to back reform, but has come out in support of her husband’s brutal regime. By Josh Dzieza. world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:45:00 GMT Josh Dzieza /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/08/asma-al-assad-poses-as-reformer-but-supports-syria-s-brutal-regime Miguel Medina, AFP / Getty Images Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma arrive to deliver a speech for the Syrian Community on December 9, 2010 in Paris. Al-Assad is on a two-days official visit to France. AFP PHOTO MIGUEL MEDINA (Photo credit should read MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images) http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/07/amanda-knox-appeals-slander-conviction Italian courts convicted Knox after wrongly holding her former boss in jail for two weeks. world Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:37:00 GMT Barbie Latza Nadeau /content/dailybeast/articles/2012/02/07/amanda-knox-appeals-slander-conviction