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Articles Written by: ALEXANDRA ZAVIS
KABUL, Afghanistan - British officials yesterday blamed a “rogue’’ Afghan policeman for the shooting deaths of five British soldiers at a checkpoint in the volatile south, raising concerns about the possible infiltration of local security forces by ...
From ALEXANDRA ZAVIS,
Boston Globe,
5 Nov 2009
KABUL - Afghan election officials canceled the planned presidential runoff and declared incumbent Hamid Karzai the victor yesterday, but President Obama said Karzai must increase his efforts to end corruption and prepare his nation to defend ...
From ALEXANDRA ZAVIS,
Boston Globe,
3 Nov 2009
KABUL - The withdrawal yesterday of President Hamid Karzai’s only rival in an election runoff effectively handed the incumbent another five-year term, but without the clear mandate US officials had hoped would make him an effective partner in the ...
From ALEXANDRA ZAVIS,
Boston Globe,
2 Nov 2009
KABUL — Roadside bombs killed eight U.S. troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday in a pair of attacks that made October the deadliest month for Americans in the 8-year-old war and
foreshadowed more violence in the days before a presidential runoff ...
From ALEXANDRA ZAVIS,
Kansas.com,
28 Oct 2009
FORT IRWIN, Calif. - Looking every inch a governor, the thickset Iraqi, in a pinstripe jacket, sits behind an imposing desk and glares at his American guest.
When he drove to work that morning, Bassam Kalasho informed the newly arrived Army colonel, he ...
From ALEXANDRA ZAVIS,
Boston Globe,
2 Sep 2009
On a pleasant afternoon in Amman, the genteel Jordanian capital, a petite Iraqi woman with carefully coiffed hair, heavy makeup, and lots of gold jewelry sat in a classroom full of refugees heading to America, her face frozen in wide-eyed horror.
Her ...
From ALEXANDRA ZAVIS,
Boston Globe,
28 Aug 2009
LOS ANGELES - Patriotic Persian music blasted from the car that led thousands of demonstrators down Westwood Boulevard one recent afternoon, past Persian restaurants and bookstores. A plane hired by a local Persian TV station streaked overhead, flying ...
From ALEXANDRA ZAVIS,
Boston Globe,
2 Aug 2009
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge tentatively decided Thursday to dismiss the case against a Missouri woman who had been convicted of computer fraud stemming from an Internet hoax that prompted a teenage girl to commit suicide.
Lori Drew of Dardenne ...
From ALEXANDRA ZAVIS,
Denver Post,
3 Jul 2009
Middle East analyst and blogger Juan Cole of Informed Comment writes today about Michael Jackson’s popularity in the Arab world. Jackson lived in Bahrain for a time after he was acquitted on child molestation charges in 2005. But he had a falling out ...
From ALEXANDRA ZAVIS,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jun 2009
From LA Now: Leading members of the Iranian American community in Los Angeles gathered today at the corner of 7th Street and Broadway to celebrate the dedication of the first city intersection to be named after one of their own: real estate magnate and ...
From ALEXANDRA ZAVIS,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jun 2009
