“All the generals who are fighting for Gbagbo have deserted him, it is over. There is no army, there is no fighting,” —
- Ivorian Leader in Exit Talks (AlJazeera)
Anwar’s wife and leader of his party, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, “said the video leakage, which came ahead of a key April 16 election in Sarawak state on Borneo island, was meant to smear Anwar because ‘they see him as a force … a catalyst for change’”:
- Family Says It’s Not Malaysia’s Anwar in Sex Video (Kansas City Star)
“A man who appeared drunk was arrested after threatening to” to blow up the headquarters of Jordan’s main opposition group, the Islamic Action Front, with “what turned out to be a fake explosive belt”:
- Suicide Bomb Threat in Jordan Turns Out to Be Fake (AP / Albany Times-Union)
While some naive Western officials naively hoped the Florida Qur’an burning “could remain unnoticed” …
- Karzai’s Role in Protests over Koran Burning Again Reveals Divide with U.S. (Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
… Lindsay Graham’s proposal that Terry Jones’ freedom to engage in hateful speech might be curtailed on the grounds that he had endangered the “war effort” overlooks one critical detail: Congress has not declared war:
- Terry Jones: Koran Burning vs. Free Speech (Washington Post)
“The frontline in the conflict has been bogged down around Brega for nearly a week, with Gaddafi’s advantage in tanks and artillery cancelled out by NATO-led air strikes which effectively back the rebels,” but mow the stalemate has been broken:
- Gaddafi Forces Take Brega (AlJazeera)
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