Time to get serious about Darfur and end emotional appeals that lead nowhere:
- Time to Focus on the Real Choices in Darfur (Washington Post)
“We need to liberalize, we need to deregulate and we need to privatize in a big way,†says the Pakistani dictator
- Pakistan Leader Urges Empowerment of Women (Reuters/Washington Post)
Terror breeds terror: In Gaza, after massacre, Palestinian says “If I was against the rockets, now I will encourage people to launch rockets from every spot, from everywhere because rockets are not a pretext for what is going on here. This is an act of terror.”
- Israeli Forces Pull Out of Gaza Town (AP/Washington Post)
Tajik President re-elected in flawed vote and could potentially serve until 2020:
- President of Tajikistan Is Re-Elected (AP/Washington Post)
“Iraq’s Interior Ministry has charged 57 employees, including top level security force members, with human rights abusesâ€
- Iraqis Charged over Secret Jail (BBC News)
Egypt arrests students running in student elections:
- 30 in Outlawed Group Arrested in Egypt (AP/Chicago Tribune)
Female Palestinian victims of domestic violence hurt by poor justice system and Israeli restrictions on freedom of movement:
- Palestinian Women ‘Not Protected’ (BBC News)
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