{"id":283,"date":"2007-04-24T10:08:15","date_gmt":"2007-04-24T15:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=283"},"modified":"2007-04-24T10:08:15","modified_gmt":"2007-04-24T15:08:15","slug":"news-and-analysis-42407","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=283","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/24\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">Syrian democracy and human rights reform advocate Anwar al-Bunni is arrested by government security forces for spreading \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hostile information\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/6587229.stm\"><font size=\"2\">Syria Jails Human Rights Activist<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (BBC News)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Despite condemnations and allegations of fraud, intimidation and other forms of abuse from European Union and Nigerian electoral watchdog NGO, Umaru Yar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Adua is named victor of elections:<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/23\/AR2007042300565_pf.html\"><font size=\"2\">Nigeria Election Victor Is Named Despite Protests<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Washington Post)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Muslim women in Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia slowly but steadily empower themselves by entering into the workforce:<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0424\/p01s04-wome.htm\"><font size=\"2\">More Saudi Women Join the Workforce, but Limits Remain Strict<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Christian Science Monitor)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0424\/p13s01-bogn.htm\"><font size=\"2\">Shear Insanity in &#8216;Kabul Beauty School&#8217;<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Christian Science Monitor)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"2\"> Some Sudanese are becoming increasingly frustrated with the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s foot dragging on Darfur, but also feel \u00e2\u20ac\u0153aid agencies [that] exaggerate the scale of the humanitarian disaster\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and general economic sanctions are counterproductive:<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0424\/p04s01-woaf.htm\"><font size=\"2\">Sudanese Want Action on Darfur<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"2\">George McGovern takes Vice-President Cheney to task for his comments about the former presidential candidate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s past and current anti-war stances and how they measure up to the current status of Iraq and the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153War on Terror\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/opinion\/commentary\/la-oe-mcgovern24apr24,0,4623632,print.story?coll=la-home-commentary\"><font size=\"2\">George McGovern: Cheney is Wrong About Me, Wrong About War<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (LA Times)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syrian democracy and human rights reform advocate Anwar al-Bunni is arrested by government security forces for spreading \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hostile information\u00e2\u20ac\u009d: Syria Jails Human Rights Activist (BBC News) Despite condemnations and allegations of fraud, intimidation and other forms of abuse from European Union and Nigerian electoral watchdog NGO, Umaru Yar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Adua is named victor of elections: Nigeria Election 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