News and Analysis (7/14/08)

Invited by France to play a role in the Iranian nuclear program debate, Syria’s al-Assad predicts disastrous consequences of American intervention:

The US wants Iraqis to rely on themselves, but amid calls for a pull-out timetable, military officials flinch:

Secular extremists are investigated as the ruling AKP opens up to EU trade, improves relations with Christian and Kurdish minorities, and pushes for the freedom to wear headscarves in school:

Hosting African and Asian leaders, Indonesian President is interested in including the private sector in support for Palestine:

Taliban overthrows inept governmental management of a dormant quarry; and like government, they now charge a hefty tax on outgoing trucks:

Companies balance real-world political debates in the symbolic, Internet world:

Pakistani couple runs civil society organization that cares for and finds families for thousands of abandoned children:

 Over-adherence to secularity produces the same prejudice the policy is supposed to prevent:


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