{"id":859,"date":"2008-12-08T13:32:50","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T18:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=859"},"modified":"2008-12-09T09:46:17","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T14:46:17","slug":"news-and-analysis-120808","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=859","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 12\/08\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eid Mubarak (Blessed Feast of Sacrifice)!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/12\/2008128103112753452.html\">Pilgrims Perform Symbolic Stoning<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Palestinians express frustration with Hamas as blockage continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/07\/AR2008120702657.html\">In Gaza, No Cash for Holiday<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a pity we have to prove ourselves as Indians&#8230; But the fact is, we need to speak louder than others, to make clear that those people do not speak for our religion\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand that we are not Pakistanis\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/08\/world\/asia\/08muslims.html?ref=world\">Muslims in India Put Aside Grievances to Repudiate Terrorism<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The one-year-old AUIS is trying to reinvent university education and          produce independent-minded graduates who can help rebuild Iraq in the process&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1208\/p01s02-wome.html?page=1\">University Brings American-Style Learning to Iraq<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NATO disputes extent of Taliban influence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/newsOne\/idUSTRE4B70YB20081208?sp=true\">Taliban in 72 Percent of Afghanistan, Think-Tank Says<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Highlighting tensions, a phony phone call threatened Indian military action unless Pakistan acted while the terrorists were at large in Mumbai:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/07\/AR2008120701389.html\">Indian Minister Says Pakistan Is Using Hoax As Distraction<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran seeks Obama to honor his campaign promise for &#8220;change&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/09\/world\/middleeast\/09iran.html?ref=world\">Iran Urges Obama to Change Approach<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eid Mubarak (Blessed Feast of Sacrifice)! Pilgrims Perform Symbolic Stoning (Al Jazeera) Palestinians express frustration with Hamas as blockage continues: In Gaza, No Cash for Holiday (Washington Post) \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a pity we have to prove ourselves as Indians&#8230; But the fact is, we need to speak louder than others, to make clear that those people [&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-859","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\/859","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=859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}