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A Woman as President: Iran’s Impossible Dream?
Every four years, hundreds of Iranians register to stand as candidates in the country’s presidential election. Women have signed up to run since 1997 — yet no female has ever been certified by the government to run for President.
Pakistan denies increasing capability to make nukes
Pakistan’s information minister denied accusations Wednesday that his country is expanding its capability to produce nuclear weapons. This week, the Institute for Science and International Security published a report with satellite imagery that the group says shows expansion of “Pakistan’s key military and civilian fuel cycle site near Dera Ghazi Khan.” “If there is any construction over there, I don’t verify it,” Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said of the allegations.
Myanmar to let diplomats meet with Suu Kyi
In an unusual move, Myanmar’s military government will allow diplomats to meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday at the end of the day’s proceeding in her continuing trial. Russian, Singaporean and Thai officials are expected to meet with the Nobel Peace Prize laureate later Wednesday, said a diplomatic source in Yangon, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
In Somalia, Another Government Teetering?
Just last month, Western donors gathered in Brussels to pledge money to the new Somali government of Sheik Sharif Ahmed, in the hope that he could restore order and put an end to the offshore piracy that has plagued shipping off his country’s coastline. But renewed fighting in and around Mogadishu has raised fears that Somalia’s 15th government in 18 years is about to fail.
Abu Ghraib photos were ‘big shock,’ undermined U.S. ideals
The photograph was shocking: a hooded detainee, in U.S.
Viewpoint: Why Foreigners Can Make Things Worse for Burma
There’s something about Burma. Zimbabwe, Laos, North Korea, Sudan, Uzbekistan — all these countries are plagued by repressive rulers. But none of these places grips the popular imagination like this isolated nation in the heartland of Asia.
Torture a hallmark of Phoenix’s drug kidnappings
Jaime Andrade had just gotten out of the shower when the men came to snatch him.
Nobel laureates: Suu Kyi trial a ‘mockery’
The trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi — a proceeding that nine Nobel laureates have called "a mockery" — entered its second day Tuesday. Prosecutors continued their questioning of the 22 witnesses they have called
Zimbabwe to get millions from World Bank, Germany
A senior World Bank official announced Monday that Zimbabwe will get a $22 million grant to help the country’s battered economy.