The Middle East oil-rich elite continue to spend …
- Emirates Flexes its Financial Muscle (LA Times)
even as the chickens of previous “pyramid-building” come home to roost:
- Gulf Stocks Hit Amid Global Crisis (Al Jazeera)
Turkey demands Kurdish rebels be recognized as terrorists and rooted out of northern Iraq:
- Retaliatory Turkish Airstrikes Target Kurdish Rebels in Iraq (Washington Post)
Initially attacked to spark sectarian violence, reconstruction has begun on one of the holiest Shi’ite mosques:
Iraq seeks the renewal of diplomatic relations with Middle Eastern neighbors:
- Egypt Envoy in Historic Iraq Visit (Al Jazeera)
In the “most peaceful corner of Afghanistan,” come new opportunities for Afghani women:
- In Poverty and Strife, Women Test Limits (NY Times)
Reader rejects portrayal of Yemen in the Washington Post’s article, “Yemen Rejects Some U.S. Requests on Extremists”:
- The Human Side of Yemen (Washington Post)
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