{"id":191,"date":"2007-01-24T11:44:11","date_gmt":"2007-01-24T16:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=191"},"modified":"2007-01-24T11:44:48","modified_gmt":"2007-01-24T16:44:48","slug":"news-and-analysis-12407","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=191","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/24\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Bush\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s State of the Union speech, the Democratic Party\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s response and analyses:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/POLITICS\/01\/23\/sotu.bush.transcript\/index.html\">Bush:      State of Union is Strong<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/POLITICS\/01\/23\/sotu.webb.transcript\/index.html\">Transcript:      Webb Says Bush Took U.S. to War \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcRecklessly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-bush24jan24,0,6711465,full.story?coll=la-home-nation\">Bush      Seeks Compromise, Except on Iraq Strategy<\/a> (Los Angeles Times)<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/usnews\/politics\/bulletin\/bulletin_070124.htm\">Media      Dismisses Bush\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Plea for Iraq<\/a> (US News and World Report)<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/world\/AP-Iraq-State-of-the-Union.html\">Iraqi      Politicians: Bush Ideas Not New<\/a> (Associated Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Iraq\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s No-Show, Do-Nothing Parliament:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/0,1518,461832,00.html\">Iraq      Parliament Finds a Quorum Hard to Come By<\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Lebanon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s opposition protests become violent, much more sectarian:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0124\/p01s03-wome.html\">Lebanon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s      Political Crisis Deepens<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Think-tank report: improper government response to terrorist networks and sectarianism could lead to more violence:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"articleheadline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/voanews.com\/english\/2007-01-24-voa18.cfm\">Sectarian Violence      in Indonesia Reaches Critical Stage<\/a> (Voice of America)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Government-sponsored university courses intended to help train Imams are met with skepticism from mainstream Muslim community:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"articleheadline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/voanews.com\/english\/2007-01-24-voa16.cfm\">New Australian      Courses to Teach Moderate Islam<\/a> (Voice of America)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Underreported News: Latest Polling Shows that Majorities of Muslims see Islam and Democracy as compatible:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"articleheadline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/english\/2007-01-23-voa67.cfm\">Gallup Poll      Finds Islam, Democracy Not Incompatible <\/a>(Voice of America)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bush\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s State of the Union speech, the Democratic Party\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s response and analyses: Bush: State of Union is Strong (CNN) Transcript: Webb Says Bush Took U.S. to War \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcRecklessly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (CNN) Bush Seeks Compromise, Except on Iraq Strategy (Los Angeles Times) Media Dismisses Bush\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Plea for Iraq (US News and World Report) Iraqi Politicians: Bush Ideas Not 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