Big Brother seeks unprecedented power to strip away Americans’ privacy and start foreign imperial adventures, but is incapable of finishing background checks before granting permanent residency:
- U.S. to Skirt Green-Card Check (Washington Post)
Despite the fact that 350 times as many Palestinians as Israelis have been killed in the past year demonstrates that the Palesinians have no Israeli partner for peace, Hamas continues to call for a long-term ceasefire:
- Settlements, Gaza Cloud Israel-Palestinian Talks (Reuters)
- Israel Plans New Settlement Homes (BBC News)
- Hamas Official Renews Call for Mideast Ceasefire (AFP/France 24)
New York Times editorial slams the Bush administration for failing to succeed in Afghanistan due to its adventurism in Iraq, meanwhile a majority of Canadians are getting fed up with the heavy losses in Afghanistan and seeing little gain for it:
- Gates, Truth and Afghanistan (New York Times)
- Canadians Reject Extending Afghan Mission (Angus-Reid Polling)
“…this winter, the forces of war, nature, economic crisis and regional tension have converged with a vengeance on this long-suffering populace…â€
- Harsh Season Overwhelms Afghans (Washington Post)
Well-intentioned statement on Islamic law in Britain from the Archbishop of Canterbury backfires, triggering negative reactions from non-Muslim and Muslim Britons alike:
- Archbishop Defends Remarks on Islamic Law in Britain (Washington Post)
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