the Middle East and Africa over the last decade

Last year, Norway passed a new law that would make it more difficult to introduce archaeological loot to the country. Since that time, not a single fitting has been made.

Western countries are increasingly spending their money on countries where they also fight. In a world where military invasion is renamed humanitarian intervention, where has the humanitarian space become?

On Tuesday, there was once again a smooth race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Abrupt. That is how we can end the Iraq war more quickly.

Has 1.mai become too narrow? Here are the suggestions for passwords that make the day more international.

The past week has shown that increased freedom of speech is needed in Norway. It testifies to the fates of the whistleblowers Odd F. Lindberg, Mordechai Vanunu and Per Yngve-Monsen.

A recent, global poll shows that the world's Muslims are against terror and for equality and democracy. But why don't we know about it? A new generation of Muslim Norwegians stand here and tell what they really mean about the United States, Al Qaeda and Sharia. In the media everyday, the world's Muslims are fronted by Osama bin Laden and terrorists. Now Jordan's Queen Rania has started a YouTube settlement with the myths. Her view is confirmed by a new survey from Norway.

This week has shown that the Olympic boycott is a seductive idea, in Norway as in the rest of the world. But neither Tibet nor China profit from simple symbolic politics. It's time for demanding solutions.

Next week, the Foreign Ministry is heading to the Middle East to negotiate for the Palestinians' freedom of movement. But among Palestinians there is little faith in the international community.

This week has shown us how freedom of speech is used in a deadly, global game. But the counterparts are not the ones we are told.

Bernt Hagtvet this week published "The Black Book of Genocide". It will expand our understanding of the most serious abuses, such as Stalins. But is everything terrible a genocide?

Cutting Thursday is five years since the US invaded Iraq. Now the US authorities claim they are on the right path, but for the Iraqis, it is still far off.

Norway is gambling that Putin, Hu, Chavez and Bush are good investment objects. Ny Tid presents here how the Petroleum Fund invests more and more Norwegian money in controversial states.

A whole world follows the dramatic presidential battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Read Ny Tid Tid's unique reports on the US election from the inside of countries such as India, Cuba, Iran, China, Japan, Palestine and Canada.

- When poetry and politics are mixed, it is often a very good result, says the current rock icon Patti Smith to Ny Tid.