With the U.N. professing possession of “convincing evidence” over 90 civilians, mostly children, were killed in recent coalition strikes, Karzai demands a halt …
- U.N. Says Has Evidence Air Strikes Killed 90 Afghans (Reuters)
- Afghanistan Demands End to Nato Air Strikes on Villagers (Guardian Unlimited)
… while a similar controversy storms around Sudanese attacks on a refugee camp:
- Sudanese Forces Amass Again at Darfur Camp After Deadly Raid (Christian Science Monitor)
To the Palestinians the reported doubling of illegal settlements is the tip of an iceberg of grievences, but to the Israeli foreign minister they are just “noise:”
In a stunning twist to the controversial case of Aafia Siddiqui, the U.S. now claims the 11-yr. old boy detained during her arrest is the neuroscientist’s son and a U.S. citizen:
- Afghan Officials Detain American Boy, U.S. Says: Mother Held by U.S. as Al-Qaeda Suspect (Washington Post)
Despite charges pending against the PM candidate, Anwar’s party predicts a landlslide victory:
- Malaysia Opposition Claims Victory (Al-Jazeera)
They might have tried Rushdie’s own technique and called the book a “historical fiction,” but instead the publishers plan to publish the book with the 11 lies deleted:
As new violence in Diyala province where the Kurdish peshmerga withdrew perpetuates questions as to the national government’s ability to establish security, Maliki insists America respect Iraq’s national sovereignty:
- Suicide bomber Targets Recruits at Iraqi Police Station, 28 Killed (LA Times)
- Iraqi Leader Insists on Deadline for Troop Pullout (Washington Post)
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