Congressional representatives say telecoms should be taken to courts “with special authorization to hear classified evidence†to determine the liability of their role in the illegal wiretapping:
- House Steers Its Own Path on Wiretaps (New York Times)
Iranian’s authoritarian political structures stifle real democratic development and maintain harmful economic policies:
- No End In Sight For Iran’s Political Gridlock (BBC News)
- Iran In Facts and Figures (BBC News)
Systematic, in-depth research of more than 600,000 captured Iraqi documents conclusively refutes the false notion of a link between Saddam and Al-Qaeda:
Ineffective for over 30 years of its existence, the Organization of the Islamic Conference now seeks to fight anti-Muslim bigotry and poverty:
- Islamic Body Seeks New Role to Fight “Islamophobia” (Reuters/New York Times)
“The Koran is our basic guide. Anything that conflicts with that, we are trying to eliminate.”—Ismail Hakki Unal, head of the Hadith department at Ankara University:
- Turkish Scholars Aim To Modernize Islam’s Hadith (Christian Science Monitor)
Lahore gets rocked by massive suicide blasts targeting a federal police station and an advertising agency building, while food and energy shortages add to Pakistan’s problems:
- 24 Killed in Pakistan Suicide Bombings (Washington Post)
- Food and Energy Shortages Stoke Inflation, Anxiety in Pakistan (Washington Post)
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