{"id":647,"date":"2008-04-30T10:25:40","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T15:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=647"},"modified":"2008-04-30T10:25:40","modified_gmt":"2008-04-30T15:25:40","slug":"news-and-analysis-43008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=647","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/30\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Ankara\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s parliament passes incremental changes to Turkey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s notorious \u00e2\u20ac\u0153insulting Turkishness\u00e2\u20ac\u009d law, but the small reforms leave free speech advocates unsatisfied:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wiredispatch.com\/news\/?id=148292\">Turkey&#8217;s      Parliament Softens Law Restricting Free Speech<\/a> (Associated      Press\/Wiredispatch)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Latest incident over who is responsible for four dead Palestinian civilians\u00e2\u20ac\u201dan Israeli tank shell or nearby munitions owned by militants\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthreatens to torpedo fragile cease-fire talks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0430\/p06s01-wome.htm\">New Gaza Tragedy      Threatens Cairo Truce Talks<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee seek to finally rein in the FBI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s massive abuses of so-called National Security Letters:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inthesetimes.com\/article\/3662\/heat_seeking_missives\/\">Heat-Seeking      Missives<\/a> (In These Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Increased US-Iraqi military presence in Sadr City leaves 400 dead since Maliki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s failed offensive last month, including 28 killed in the most recent clashes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/04\/29\/AR2008042900560.html\">U.S.      Role Deepens in Sadr City<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7374948.stm\">Baghdad Clashes      &#8216;Leave 400 Dead&#8217;<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Pakistani leaders seek to resolve impasse over conditions of how judges deposed under Musharraf\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s martial law are to be reinstated before their self-imposed deadline ends\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/7373767.stm\">Crisis Talks Over      Pakistan Judges<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6meanwhile despite the failures of Musharraf\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s old US-supported military-centric strategy, Washington continues to express alarm over Islamabad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fresh mix of military, political and economic policies:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/04\/30\/washington\/30policy.html?pagewanted=print\">Pakistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s      Planned Accord With Militants Alarms U.S.<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ankara\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s parliament passes incremental changes to Turkey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s notorious \u00e2\u20ac\u0153insulting Turkishness\u00e2\u20ac\u009d law, but the small reforms leave free speech advocates unsatisfied: Turkey&#8217;s Parliament Softens Law Restricting Free Speech (Associated Press\/Wiredispatch) Latest incident over who is responsible for four dead Palestinian civilians\u00e2\u20ac\u201dan Israeli tank shell or nearby munitions owned by militants\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthreatens to torpedo fragile cease-fire talks: New 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