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Misreading the Map by Leon Hadar

The Road to Jerusalem Does Not Lead Through Tehran Summary —  Israel is pushing the Obama administration to tackle Iran’s nuclear program before the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Washington shouldn’t listen. LEON HADAR is a Research Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. =============================================================== As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comes to Washington for a meeting with President Barack Obama, …

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Congress victory in India stirs hope in South Asia

Secularism has triumphed in India. So it seems. The Congress Party, under the firm hold of Sonia Gandhi, won the one-month-long election held in five stages. Though the Congress and its allies have fallen short of winning the required 272 seat, with the backing of the Third Front’s BahuJan Samajwadi Party of Mayawati, they have the support of 333 members …

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New Sharia marriage law gives UK Muslim women rights

London, Aug.8 (ANI): Muslim women are to be guaranteed equal rights in marriage under a new wedding contract negotiated by leading Islamic organisations and clerics in Britain. The Telegraph quoted Dr. Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, Director of the Muslim Institute and author of the contract, as saying that this is the biggest change in Sharia law in Britain in the last 100 …

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The Myth of Talibanistan By Pepe Escobar

 “Asia Times” — Apocalypse Now. Run for cover. The turbans are coming. This is the state of Pakistan today, according to the current hysteria disseminated by the Barack Obama administration and United States corporate media – from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to The New York Times. Even British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said on the record that Pakistani …

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