{"id":2586,"date":"2010-01-01T11:56:39","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T16:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2010-01-07T12:27:47","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T17:27:47","slug":"news-and-analysis-112010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=2586","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/1\/2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In their zeal to bring charges against the defendants . . . the government used compelled statements to guide its charging decisions . . . and ultimately, to obtain the indictment in this case&#8221; &#8211; Judge Urbina:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/la-na-blackwater1-2010jan01,0,1469598.story\">Judge Throws Out Blackwater Guards&#8217; Charges in Iraqi Deaths<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Egypt&#8217;s offer meets with a divided response from the gathered humanitarians:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Middle-East\/2009\/1231\/In-reversal-Egypt-allows-some-foreign-activists-to-enter-Gaza\">In reversal, Egypt Allows Some Foreign Activists to Enter Gaza<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2009\/12\/the-movement-meets-cairo-with-tears-and-chaos-and-renewed-vigor.html\">Cairo Meets the Movement, with Tears and Chaos and Exaltation<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Surge in Palestinian deaths in 2009 is totally due to the attack on Gaza &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/31\/AR2009123101935.html\">In Sharp Contrast with Gaza, Casualties Decline in West Bank<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but the continuing theft of private Palestinian private property is widespread:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1060043.html\">Secret Israeli Database Reveals Full Extent of Illegal Settlement<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the multifaith\u00c2\u00a0 holiday spirit, Mukhtedar Khan reminds us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data\/opinion\/2009\/December\/opinion_December105.xml&amp;section=opinion&amp;col=\">A Jew as an Islamic Hero<\/a> (Khaleej Times Online)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsweek.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/guestvoices\/2009\/12\/prophet_muhammads_promise_to_christians.html\">Muhammad&#8217;s Promise to Christians<\/a> (Washington Post On Faith)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In his most bold statement since losing the election in January, Mousavi proclaims &#8220;the election law should be changed \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 political prisoners should be freed&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/jan\/01\/iran-mousavi-ready-to-die\">Iran Opposition Leader Mousavi &#8216;Ready to Die&#8217; 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