Rather than get slapped with a Congressional subpoena, the CIA willingly hands over documents relevant to the destroyed videotapes showing possible torture interrogations:
- CIA Will Release Videotape Documents (Associated Press/Google)
Arab students begin eying Australia as their new hotspot for studying aboard after being fed up with extra visa delays and harassment at US airports:
- Strictures in U.S. Prompt Arabs to Study Elsewhere (Washington Post)
Congress won’t budge on at least $50 million of the administration’s $300 million request for aid to Pakistan unless it pushes Musharraf to restore democratic rights, including an independent judiciary:
- Congress Sets Limits on Aid to Pakistan (Washington Post)
Living with a defacto and legal apartheid existence is the price Israel’s Arab minority pays for refusing to leave their home during the bloody 1948 expulsion of the Palestinians to make space for the state of Israel:
- For Israel’s Arab Citizens, Isolation and Exclusion (Washington Post)
“There’s no one helping us negotiate the return…The Americans are telling us that we’ve got to negotiate between each other, because it’s not their business. But the Iraqi government said it’s not their business either.â€â€”Dhia’a Al-Dien, local Baghdadi councilman
- Iraqi Refugees Return, and Are Stranded (New York Times)
Driven by the desire to prevent a US-backed revolution, the Iranian government uses guise of preventing sinful behavior to crackdown on individual liberties and violate the Islamic precept “Let there be no compulsion in religionâ€:
- Regime-Change Fears Drive Iran’s Vice Crackdown (Christian Science Monitor)
Saudi ‘Ulema issue a rare warning of its monetary policies and urges greater government subsidies but also calls on individual piety to avoid hoarding and give charity:
- Clerics Tell Saudi Rulers To Curb Inflation (Daily Telegraph)
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