Israeli political pressure has all but destroyed any change that Goldstone’s report will make a significant impact among the international community:
A compromise that may serve both Iranian and US interests:
- Iranian Leader Offers U.S. Access To the Country’s Nuclear Scientists (Washington Post)
Curbing Afghani political corruption maybe the single most important element in the strategy to defeat the Taliban:
- Afghans on Troop Surge Debate: It’s the Corruption, Stupid (Christian Science Monitor)
“What was once described as the Garden of Eden, the cradle of civilization, has been changed to desert and to a cradle of disease, poverty and suffering,”
- Iraq’s Marshes are Dying a Second Death (LA Times)
A candidate preferred by the west, could Prime Minister Fayyad provide a spark to the Palestinian cause:
- The Making of Salam Fayyad (Guardian)
In an effort to modernize their education system and diversify an economy largely dependent on oil reserves:
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