{"id":724,"date":"2008-07-24T11:07:49","date_gmt":"2008-07-24T16:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=724"},"modified":"2008-07-24T11:07:49","modified_gmt":"2008-07-24T16:07:49","slug":"news-and-analysis-72408","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=724","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/24\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Britain would like the current Hamas-Israel ceasefire to inspire major world powers to engage in dialogue with the militant group: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/in_depth\/7523113.stm\">UK MPs Call for      Talks with Hamas<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s has exaggerated Olympics terror threat to justify harsh control in Muslim Uighur territory:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/world\/international-olympics-plot.html\">China      Says Breaks Up International Terrorist Cell<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Muslim Brotherhood declares law dealing with children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s legal status and health issues a move to force non-Islamic standards on Egyptians:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0724\/p05s01-wome.html\">Egypt&#8217;s Child      Protection Law Sparks Controversy<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">State-owned oil shippers cut off oil flows to Switzerland in response to assault accusations against leader Muamma Gaddafi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s son:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/7523537.stm\">Libya &#8216;Halts Swiss      Oil Shipments&#8217;<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Despite years of improved relations between the two countries, Pakistan threatens a rebirth of its arms race if US-India deal over nuclear energy goes through\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wiredispatch.com\/news\/?id=264930\">Pakistan Warns of New      Nuclear Arms Race With India<\/a> (AP\/Wiredispatch)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6while the US finances F-16s meant to counter Afghan insurgency, but are in fact more useful against India:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/24\/world\/asia\/24pstan.html?hp\">Plan      Would Use Antiterror Aid on Pakistani Jets<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Senior counternarcotics official finds Afghanistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s government deeply involved with protecting the opium trade:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/27\/magazine\/27AFGHAN-t.html?_r=1&#038;hp&#038;oref=slogin\">Is      Afghanistan a Narco-State?<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Brothers establishing HIV\/Aids education and prevention programs are detained, despite cooperating with the government and religious leaders:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; 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