With his soft spoken style, transparent style of governance and
support of the current President, Muslim politician Umaru Musa
Yar’Adua is Nigeria’s current Presidential front-runner:
- Nigeria’s Soft-Spoken Top Candidate (Christian Science Monitor)
Alleged “dirty bomber” case highlights the moral and strategic limitations of Bush administration’s counter-terrorism tactics:
- US Antiterror Tactics Crimp New Terror Case (Christian Science Monitor)
“Indonesia is an experiment in Muslim democracy, which if successful could have ramifications for other parts of the world” – Director of the International Crisis Group’s Jakarta office
- Indonesia: Gambling That Tolerance Will Trump Fear (New York Times)
Fears over Iran’s slowly ascending nuclear program have regional neighbors pursuing their own programs:
- Eye on Iran, Rivals Pursuing Nuclear Power (New York Times)
Iraq caught between two suspicious spy agencies – one funded by the
CIA, the other allegedly driven by a sectarian agenda:
- Divided Iraq Has Two Spy Agencies (Los Angeles Times)
Amid accusations of civil liberties abuses under its watch, Bush administration asks Congress for more surveillance authority and resists calls for safeguards:
- Administration Seeks to Expand Surveillance Law (Washington Post)
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