Mideast: Karman, the smiling face of political Islam
Meeting in Rome with Yemenite 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner, heroine of the revolution that has driven out President-dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh, represents the new political Islam.
Spain: Death of Antoni Tapies, avant-garde maestro
The most universal Catalan artist, a 20th century maestro of abstract art, died last night at his home in Barcelona at the age of 88. For more than 60 years, he was one of the main legacies of modern art and the Spanish papers pay tribute to him
