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Hitting North Korea The U.N. takes on Pyongyang The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution condemning North Korea's missile tests and demanding that it suspend its ballistic-missile program. Undeterred, North Korea vowed to continue its program...
...Because having the wrong identity can be fatal, more and more Baghdadis are taking steps to adopt new ones. The market for counterfeit IDs is booming. Since the start of this year, the asking price has doubled to $100 per card. Iraqi IDs are primitive, with data written by hand on cards that are then laminated. Forgers can churn out scores a day. And that's just one survival technique for those in the line of fire. Websites like the Iraqi League (www.iraqirabita.org) offer detailed tips on how Sunnis can pass themselves off as Shi'ites - like how to pray...
...providing a powerful counterexample to the populist policies that are gaining favor in the region. That could be a very inclusive initiative: any Latin American country could be invited to join the two leading nations in the western hemisphere in this agreement. To be eligible, countries would need to adopt pro-poor, growth-inducing economic reforms that spur competition and open markets. They would also be required to enact political reforms that strengthen democratic practices and institutions. It could be a powerful stimulus for positive change, since few countries in the region could afford to be left...
...Some Egyptian women have gone so far as to adopt the niqab, the face-covering, head-to-toe formless black gown worn in Saudi Arabia, where religious police enforce the ultra-conservative Wahhabi brand of Islam. Anthropologist Huda Lutfi, who is unveiled, says that in the Egyptian context, the trend is not as regressive as it might seem to Westerners. "Women feel that as long as they are wearing the hijab, they are respected on the street in the eyes of men," she explains. "The hijab is not a movement for women to go back home, but to be comfortable...
...Tokyo must decide whether to adopt harsher financial sanctions in retaliation - most notably, the option to ban money transfers to North Korea. But Japan may proceed cautiously. Although Japanese frustration with North Korea is running high, there is also a longstanding fear in Tokyo that if North Korea is pushed too far, the results could be unpredictable and potentially devastating...