Cash older, wiser, happier (Daily Telegraph)
TWENTY years after he became the pride of Australia with his Wimbledon championship, Pat Cash is still a lovable larrikin - but a wiser one.

The rise and rise of Hamas (Asia Times)
In light of Hamas' seizure of the Gaza Strip, it is worthwhile to understand how this radical Islamist organization came to play such a major role in Palestinian political life and how Israel and the United States contributed to making that possible.

"Gypsy Tears", by Czech-Austrian director, examines life in Slovak Romany settlement (Radio Prague)
Czech-born Zuzana Brejcha is an Austrian filmmaker whose latest project "Gypsy Tears" was screened at a Prague art cinema this week. The two-hour+ documentary was Brejcha's first outing as a director - after 25 years in editing - and she admits her project had a far greater impact on her life than she ever expected. Gypsy Tears is a complex portrait of several Romany families living in an ...