Varying degrees of fraud indicated in every province, but not significant enough to alter results:
- Fraud Committed in Iraqi Election (Washington Post)
The overall unemployment rate is 18% with additional 10% underemployed including an unemployment rate of 28% for males age 15-29:
“Once Islamic law is imposed there will be no problems in Swat. The Taliban will lay down their arms.”
- Islamic Law Proposed as Part of Deal in Pakistan (Washington Post)
Among the changes, Norah al-Fayez was named deputy education minister for women, the most senior job ever granted a woman in Saudi Arabia:
The US could learn a lesson from Russian experience, “Nothing can be done in Afghanistan using military means… If the Americans go on with the policy they have now, it will be useless.”
- Moscow Again Eyes Afghanistan 20 Years After Retreat (CS Monitor)
Appeals court upholds 20 years sentence for translating the Quran in Afghanistan:
- Afghan Court Upholds Sentences in Quran Trial (AP / Washington Post)
With Hosni Mubarak visiting while Egypt persecutes both secular and Muslim bloggers, Obama is warmed:
- Watch That Welcome (Washington Post)
Fareed Zakriya says the loyalty of Israel’s Muslim and Christian citizens is waning; they are 20% of the population now and will be 25% in 2025:
- Israel’s Biggest Danger (Newsweek)
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