As information emerges that Bhutto was assassinated on the day she was due to go public with two reports detailing alleged Pakistani government and intelligence involvement in election rigging using US military aid money, rival opposition leader Nawaz Sharif flexes his political muscles by calling for Musharraf’s resignation and forming a coalition government with the PPP:
- Nawaz Hints at Coalition Government With PPP (The News)
After calling for political reforms and supporting a group of reformist academics jailed without trial, popular Saudi blogger Fouad al-Farhan is arrested himself:
- Dissident Saudi Blogger Is Arrested (Washington Post)
Arab-Israeli human rights group criticizes Israel for using Arab-Israeli towns as “human shields†by placing military equipment, including artillery positions inside them during the 2006 Lebanon war:
- Israeli War Tactics Criticised (Al-Jazeera International)
Algerian MPs violate Islamic norms of religious freedom by seeking state regulation of Christian missionary rather than following the Qur’anic command to leave it with the responsibility of individual Muslims to “Invite to the Way of your Lord with wisdom and fair preachingâ€:
- Islamic MPs Ask for Action Against Christian Missionaries (Adnkronos International)
Members of the Gulf Cooperation Council take a big step toward regional economic integration by removing barriers to financial transactions and labor migration, however optimism over the plan is tempered by the weakened dollar and the possibly of higher inflation:
- Gulf States Form Common Market (BBC News)
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