Under the guise of customs checks, Big Brother uses racial profiling to invade Muslim, Arab and South Asians’ privacy and confiscate their private property:
- Clarity Sought on Electronics Searches (Washington Post)
The army, Lebanon’s only institution keeping the country together is under attack for its unclear involvement in the death of 7 Shi’a protestors:
- Lebanon’s ‘Black Sunday’ Killings Raise Sectarian Tensions (Christian Science Monitor)
Declassified records show the CIA destroying torture tapes while a federal judge was still seeking information about a detainee:
- C.I.A. Destroyed Tapes as Judge Sought Interrogation Data (New York Times)
Secret wiretapping of British MP’s conversation with a constituent in prison sparks an outcry even in Western Europe’s most surveilled state:
- UK Bugging Case: Too Much Big Brother? (Christian Science Monitor)
New York Times editorial criticizes Ahmadinejad for shutting down an Iranian women’s magazine featuring an article offering an anti-patriarchal interpretation of Islam:
- Shutting Down Zanan (New York Times)
As many Pakistanis glumly predict more violence before the upcoming polls, , PPP supporters say they will “revenge†Bhutto’s death by winning elections:
- Worries Surround Pakistani Elections (Washington Post)
- Bhutto Mourners Vow Poll Revenge (BBC News)
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