{"id":204,"date":"2007-02-07T11:21:50","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T16:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=204"},"modified":"2007-02-07T11:36:07","modified_gmt":"2007-02-07T16:36:07","slug":"news-and-analysis-20707","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (2\/07\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Human Rights hypocrisy:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/world\/2007-02-06-un-disappeared_x.htm\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">U.S. Doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Sign U.N. Ban on Forced Disappearances<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (Associated Press)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">International economic sanctions against Iran take their toll:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/world\/2007-02-06-iran-economy_x.htm\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Economic Conditions Deteriorate<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (USA Today)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Talks to end internal fighting, form Palestinian unity government are underway in Mecca:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/today.reuters.com\/news\/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&#038;storyid=2007-02-07T141554Z_01_L07856616_RTRUKOC_0_US-PALESTINIANS.xml&#038;src=rss\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Palestinian Rivals Hold Crisis Talks in Mecca<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (Reuters)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">South Lebanon can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t farm 26 percent of its arable land because of Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cluster bombs:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0207\/p01s01-wome.html\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Cluster Bombs: A War&#8217;s Perilous Aftermath<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Saudi Arabia seeks to become new leader of Sunni Arab states in order to offset Iran:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0207\/p01s03-wome.html\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Saudis Step Up Role in Mideast<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Russia and Mideast nations seek cartel of natural gas instead of free market policies:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.5pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/featuresarticle\/2007\/02\/f1091b18-33da-4de5-922f-ca2eba50d197.html\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">World: &#8216;Gas OPEC&#8217; Moves Closer To Becoming Reality<\/font><\/a><\/span><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> (RadioFreeEurope\/RadioLiberty)<\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.5pt\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Israel switches to high-profile diplomatic tactics and invokes memory of the holocaust to rally support against Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nuclear program:\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/font><\/span><span style=\"color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.5pt\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-israel7feb07,0,7343869,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Israel Sounds Alarm on Iran&#8217;s Nuclear Efforts<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (LA Times)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human Rights hypocrisy: U.S. Doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Sign U.N. 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