52 candidates have been disqualified as US Ambassador Hill begins to apply pressure to the Iraqi government
- US Expresses First Concerns Over Iraq Election Results (Christian Science Monitor)
Abbas calls for an international boycott of Israeli settlement goods totaling up to $500 million in revenue:
- Palestinians Ban Settlement Goods (Al Jazeera)
“Everyone feels safer now,” says a tribal elder. “Nobody worries about getting killed anymore”:
- A Neighborhood Watch with Guns (Washington Post)
As water quickly becomes the region’s most important natural resource:
- Egypt Must Negotiate on Nile Water (Guardian)
Pakistanis speak out again to the government’s new restrictions on electricity consumption, “[t]he Pakistani people are a toy in the hands of the government”
A bad omen? “Reflecting the sharply deteriorating security situation in Kandahar”:
Once referred to as the “mad dog” of the Middle East, Gaddafi gushes over President Obama, thanking the American people who voted for him:
- Man’s Worst Friend? (Washington Post)
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