Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday apologized for Pakistani military deaths in a November airstrike, and she announced the reopening of NATO supply lines to Afghanistan.
- U.S. and Pakistan Hint at Deal to Reopen NATO Supply Routes (New York Times)
The al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters who have used pick-axes, shovels and hammers to shatter earthen tombs and shrines of local saints in Mali’s fabled desert city of Timbuktu say they are defending the purity of their faith against idol worship:
“Palestinians leaders agreed today to exhume the body of Yasser Arafat after a television documentary suggested that he had been assassinated while being treated in a Paris hospital”:
- Yasser Arafat’s Body to Be Exhumed (abc News)
“Naïveté is thinking that because it was so convenient for Israel to have peace with one dictator, Mubarak, rather than 80 million Egyptians, that this dictator — or some other general — would and could stay at the helm in Egypt forever”:
- What Does Morsi Mean for Israel? (New York Times)
“The Islamists and others have been staging almost weekly protests since last year, demanding reforms that could pave the way for a parliamentary system in which the premier is elected rather than named by the king”:
- Jordan Courting Islamists After Morsi’s Victory (AFP / Yahoo)
A university student was fatally stabbed in a park in Egypt as he was walking with his girlfriend. Although little evidence has been provided, the attackers are suspected to be Islamists opposed to pre-marital relationships:
- Islamists Suspected of Killing Egyptian Student as He Rendezvoused with Girlfriend in Park (Washington Post)
- Anti-Islam Protest Sees Low Turnout in Norway (Ice News)
Syria’s human rights abuses are unmistakable, but the path to unity for the opposition is very unclear:
- Report: Syria Tortures Dissidents in ‘Archipelago’ of Prisons (Christian Science Monitor)
- Syria Opposition Fails to Overcome Differences in Cairo (BBC)
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