"History, Along With Books, at an Istanbul Library" - Globespotters Blog - NYTimes.com

"Having Fish and Eating It Too" - NYTimes.com

"Buyer's Market in Croatia, but No One's Buying" - NYTimes.com

"Big harvest boosts Moroccan economy" - GlobalPost

"Spain's Cyclists Don't Include Average Spaniards" - NPR

This would make a great Mediterranean story - comparing and contrasting the use of bicycles all around the Med.

I wonder how the low usage of bikes in Spain, for example, compares with use in France. Nice has just launched a city-wide bike rental service called VeloBleu. It will be interesting to see what statistics on bicycle usage that program generates.

"Israel Cuts Palestinian Tragedy From Textbooks" - NYTimes.com

Israel can be seen many days fearing its own shadow.

"Conseil Constitutionnel - Décision n° 2009-580 DC du 10 juin 2009"

"Le temps de parole du chef de l'Etat désormais décompté" - Le Figaro

"Ban on Al-Jazeera Operations in West Bank Lifted" - NYTimes.com

"Italian bloggers strike" - GlobalPost

"How Paris booksellers make a go of it" - GlobalPost

"Tunisia: Academic sentenced to eight months in prison" - Pro Bono Net

"Egypt: Editor sentenced to six months behind bars" - Pro Bono Net

"Marseille, la nouvelle capitale méditerranéenne des croisières" - La Provence

"Cairo hosts 3rd Mediterranean Study Day" - Greenplanet.net

"Green Inc. Column - Europe Looks to Africa for Solar Power" - NYTimes.com

"al-Sahafiyeen : Israeli sitcom by Arab citizen is breaking the misconceptions by challenging the divisions head-on"

"Italy's Berlusconi hit by female escort allegations" - Reuters

"Cairo Journal - Penned-In Egyptians Find Peace in City’s Din" - NYTimes.com

And what role do the media play?

"Women Take On Sexist Image in Italian Media" - NYTimes.com