The Islamist parties expected to take power in Somalia are described as “moderate and pragmatic, and eager to prove their governmental abilities”:
- Piracy Raises Pressure for New International Tack on Somalia (Christian Science Monitor)
“[B]rushing aside an intensified effort by European envoys to broker a cease-fire” …
- Israel Pushes into Southern Gaza (Washington Post)
… escalating the suffering of the innocent …
- Israel Tanks Kill 40 in Gaza School (Al Jazeera)
- At Gaza Hospital, Chaos and Desperation (Washington Post)
- Warnings Not Enough for Gaza Families (NY Times)
- Missiles Aimed at Hamas Figure Kill Family in Gaza (LA Times)
… while Abbas uses force aimed at “crushing recent demonstrations” expressing dissatisfaction with the PA’s lack of support for Gaza, :
An Iraqi-born US citizen was awarded a $240,000 settlement after he was denied entry onto a plane until he covered his shirt that read “We Will Not Be Silent” in Arabic and English:
- JetBlue, TSA Workers Settle in T-Shirt Case (Washington Post)
A professional Qur’an reader’s boast about knowing how to make a shoe bomb leads to no criminal charges, only “a gantlet of torture, imprisonment and interrogation”:
Prime Minister Singh believes the sophistication, precision and evidence behind the Mumbai attacks indicate “support of some official agencies in Pakistan”:
- India: Pakistanis ‘Must Have’ Backed Mumbai Attack (AP / Washington Post)
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