Iran asserts its weapons capabilities amid heightened threats from the US and Israel over nuclear program …
- Iran Test-Fires Long-Range Missile (Washington Post)
…nonetheless, trade between the countries flourishes despite harsh talk of sanctions:
Foreign diplomatic mission that relocated in 2003 after an Al Qaeda attack is targeted again…
- Six Dead in Attack on U.S. Consulate in Istanbul (Los Angeles Times)
… while Kurdish militants retaliate against German government’s action against PKK sympathizers:
- PKK Kidnaps 3 German Tourists In East Turkey: Agency (New York Times)
Some Lebanese parties see the reacquisition of a contested area as a prelude to Hizbullah disarming:
- Shebaa Farms: Key to Stability? (Christian Science Monitor)
Qatar’s flexible foreign policy, “to keep everybody happy—or if we can’t, to keep everybody reasonably unhappy,†seems to work:
- Qatar, Playing All Sides, Is a Nonstop Mediator (New York Times)
Women played a role in precipitating the original Red Mosque siege that damaged two radical seminaries, and now hundreds of women are active in peaceful demonstrations demanding their restoration:
- Women in Pakistan Mosque Protest (BBC News)
Muslim separatists say that China exaggerates fears of a terrorism threat at the Olympics:
- Chinese Police Shoot Uighurs Dead (BBC News)
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