As AG Mukasey appoints widely respected fed prosecutor John H. Durham to head the criminal investigation of the CIA torture tapes, a Washington Post editorial gives cautious approval to the investigation in spite of its somewhat limited scope and argues that Congress should focus its own inquiry on “the administration’s past and current detention and interrogation policiesâ€:
- Justice Dept. Sets Criminal Inquiry on C.I.A. Tapes (New York Times)
- Mr. Mukasey’s Move (Washington Post)
After being heralded as a possible break from entrenched political interests, President Umaru Yar’Adua’s supposedly “more ethical” governance comes into question by pushing out Nigeria’s top corruption fighter, Nuhu Ribadu:
- Top Nigerian Corruption Official Forced Out (Washington Post)
As Pakistan brings in Scotland Yard to lead a very tough investigation of Bhutto’s death, Nawaz Sharif begins setting himself up the new point man for the opposition, gaining greater attention from the US:
- Scotland Yard’s Pakistan Casebook (BBC News)
- Gingerly, U.S. Reaches Out to Sharif in Pakistan (Christian Science Monitor)
Seeking to help themselves and their fellow young Muslims with issues ranging from drinking and dating to post 9/11 discrimination, Imran and Yasmine Hafiz developed “The American Muslim Teenager’s Handbookâ€:
- A Handbook for Muslim Teens (Christian Science Monitor)
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