Boumediene is seeking financial compensation after 7 years of false imprisonment in Guantanamo:
- Ex-Detainee Describes Struggle for Exoneration (Washington Post)
Despite a highly contested political election, Hezbollah’s opposition refuses to use an inflammatory and unconfirmed German report linking Hezbollah to the Hariri assassination in the campaign:
- Lebanese Leaders Quiet on Spiegel’s Bombshell Report (Christian Science Monitor)
As the Israeli government encourages discriminatory practices to remove the Arab presence in Jaffa…
- Coastal Israeli City Offers Glimpse Into Deep-Seated Divide (Washington Post)
… The ultra-nationalist party would not only ban observation of the Nakba, but deny identity cards to anywho do not sign an oath to Israeli apartheid, i.e., its perpetuation as “a Jewish, Zionist, and democratic [sic] state” …
- Israeli Legislation Raises Issue of Loyalty (LA Times)
… Meanwhile, Netanyahu proposes meaningless action under the guise of conciliatory gestures:
The decision could completely reshape the face of Pakistani politics:
- Pakistan Lifts Sharif Election Ban (Al Jazeera)
Will the plan to reduce opium exports by monitoring Afghan borders only open new channels to China?
