“It is easier for me to go to Venezuela than to the Damascus Gate […] If they have a wall to separate Arabs from Israelis, fine. But we are Palestinians. Why are they separating us from each other?” –Salah Ayyad, Abu Dis city councilman
- Touring Israel’s Barrier With Its Main Designer (Washington Post)
Fabled African city seeks to tap into its rich Islamic, scientific and historical literary treasures to revive itself:
- Timbuktu Hopes Ancient Texts Spark a Revival (New York Times)
On safety and utility grounds, university installs footbaths, but controversy ignites from some Liberals over religion-state issues and from some conservatives as a sign of favoritism toward Muslims:
More evidence of fragmentation in Iraq as Army colonel describes bloody confrontations between Sunnis and Shi’as, while Shi’as in southern Iraq press for more regional powers:
- In the Middle of a Civil War (Washington Post)
- In Iraqi South, Shiites Press for Autonomy (Christian Science Monitor)
As Iraq security talks between Tehran and Washington begin, Bush’s uses counterproductive rhetoric by making unverifiable claim that Iran seeks nuclear weapons and asserts, contrary to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, that Iran is not a “positive force†in the region:
- America Accuses Iran as Baghdad Talks Open (The Daily Telegraph)
- Bush Differs With Karzai on Iran (New York Times)
- Bush Levels Dubious Iran Nuclear Arms Charge (AFP/Spacewar)
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