{"id":804,"date":"2008-10-12T12:24:12","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T17:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=804"},"modified":"2008-10-12T12:24:12","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T17:24:12","slug":"news-and-analysis-101108-101208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=804","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/11\/08 &#8211; 10\/12\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Violence stemming from a Yom Kippur incident  involving an Arab motorist continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/10\/2008101121593495797.html\">Akko Faces Fourth Night of Riots<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Controversy brews as Golshifteh Farahani appears without a headscarf on Hollywood&#8217;s red carpet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/11\/AR2008101101662.html\">Iranian Actress Heads Into a Storm<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Providing schools and proper education a top priority in stabilizing Iraq and encouraging Iraqis to return:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/12\/world\/middleeast\/12baghdad.html?pagewanted=1&#038;_r=1&#038;ref=world\">Schools Open, and First Test Is Iraqi Safety<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;A British company has delayed publication of a controversial novel about one of the Prophet Muhammad&#8217;s wives after its offices were fire-bombed&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/11\/AR2008101100414.html\">Publication of &#8216;Jewel of Medina&#8217; Delayed in UK<\/a> (AP \/ Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Karzai acts to improve an inept government in response to the recent surge of Taliban power and influence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE49A1NE20081011?sp=true\">Afghan President Reshuffles Cabinet<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Restrictions under Hussein, previous international sanctions and security risks hindered hobbyist&#8217;s true passion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-birds12-2008oct12,0,4223159.story\">Pigeon Breeders Now Face Fewer Challenges in Iraq<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Barzani is one of five Iraqi leaders who must approve an agreement allowing US troops to remain in Iraqi past December:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE49B1SK20081012\">Kurdish Leader to Baghdad for Talks on U.S. Pact<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Violence stemming from a Yom Kippur incident involving an Arab motorist continues: Akko Faces Fourth Night of Riots (Al Jazeera) Controversy brews as Golshifteh Farahani appears without a headscarf on Hollywood&#8217;s red carpet: Iranian Actress Heads Into a Storm (Washington Post) Providing schools and proper education a top priority in stabilizing Iraq and encouraging Iraqis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}