“By opening up Iran’s closed economy, making trade easier and promoting privatization, Ahmadinejad wants to turn the country into a regional powerhouse:”
- Iran Confronts an ‘Economic Evolution’ (Washington Post)
“The Dubai Financial Market has lost nearly 70 percent of its value since the summer:”
- Dubai’s Frenzied, Trillion-Dollar Building Boom Falters (Christian Science Monitor)
The predominant extremists in India are Hindu nationalists:
- This is India’s 9/11? Think Again (Globe and Mail)
Par for the course, “Settlers claim they have lawfully bought the Hebron house from a Palestinian, who denies selling the house:”
- Israel Evicts Settlers in Hebron (Al Jazeera)
US plan to withdraw by 2011 officially approved:
Despite entry of humanitarian aid for the first time in a week and lifting the ban on foreign journalists,
- Gaza Banks Face Cash Crisis (Al Jazeera)
Although decreasing, ethnically charged incidents are still higher than the pre-9/11 average:
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