{"id":731,"date":"2008-07-29T10:16:13","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T15:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=731"},"modified":"2008-07-29T10:16:13","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T15:16:13","slug":"news-and-analysis-72908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=731","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/29\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Following a weekend of terrorist bombings which India accused Pakistan of involvement, skirmishing at the Kashmiri Line of Control brings about urgent talks:<\/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\/south_asia\/7529432.stm\">Kashmir Rivals to      Discuss Firing<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Columnist Eugene Robinson denounces White House memos calling for a sort of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153middle ground on torture\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hideous affront to this nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s honor and values<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">&#8220;:<\/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.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/07\/28\/AR2008072802465.html?hpid=opinionsbox1\">A Torture Paper Trail<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Washington<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> Post<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Muslim leaders aim to promote interreligious understanding, deconstruct misconceptions, and diminish the influence of extremism:<\/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\/0730\/p02s01-ussc.html\">This Week, a      Global Bid to Connect Muslims and Christians<\/a> (Christian Science      Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">After February\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s peace treaty broke down almost immediately, new fragile truce between Yemeni government and al Houthi rebels also looks unlikely to hold:<\/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.thenational.ae\/article\/20080728\/FOREIGN\/868032116\/1002\/NEWS\">Truce      in Yemen Seeks Credibility<\/a> (The National)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Business development is driving economic liberalization where the government fails, and while most yearn for peace, Syrians still see Israel as an imperialist and predatory state:<\/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\/29\/world\/middleeast\/29syria.html?pagewanted=print\">Syrians      See an Economic Side to Peace<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">In Fatah-Hamas power struggle, threats received by journalists from both sides are a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153flagrant violation of the freedom of expression\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153harms the reputation of the Palestinians\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/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.jpost.com\/servlet\/Satellite?cid=1215331119089&#038;pagename=JPost\/JPArticle\/Printer\">Hamas      Bans Fatah-Affiliated Newspapers<\/a> (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Jerusalem<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Ahead of a court case that is part of the nationalist-Islamist power struggle, Kurds resent accusations of responsibility for recent attacks, instead attributing the violence to nationalist extremists:<\/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.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/07\/28\/AR2008072802324_pf.html\">Turks      Mourn Blast Victims; Rebels Deny Culpability<\/a> (Wasington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0728\/p99s01-duts.html\">Istanbul      Bombings Heighten Tensions in an Increasingly Divided Turkey<\/a> (Christian      Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">In <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Indonesia<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">, a scuffle between students in a dormitory and locals was over disturbing behavior rather than religion:<\/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.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2008\/07\/29\/residents-police-say-youth-culture-clash-not-faiths.html\">Residents,      Police Say Youth Culture Clash, Not Faiths<\/a> (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; 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