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...demanded that it recognize the State of Israel, renounce violence, and honor all past agreements. But the new government's platform fudges these questions. It pledges to pursue Palestinian "national unity," to promote transparency and fight corruption, to "end all forms of chaos" and to establish a national security council to oversee internal security. It pledges to "respect" past agreements and also the Saudi peace initiative adopted by the Arab League in 2002 (which offers full recognition of Israel and normalization of relations in exchange for a withdrawal to the Jewish State's 1967 borders, and a "just solution...
...Last Friday, Musharraf suspended Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry. Reportedly, Musharraf confronted Chaudhry with allegations of abuse of power and then asked him to retire. When Chaudhry refused, Musharraf declared him "non-functional" and referred the matter to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), a five-member body of judges who can probe the conduct of their peers. The government insists that the move is constitutional and justified. But critics of the government - whose ranks seem to swell by the day - say the government wanted to sideline Chaudhry, an abrasive if efficient judge appointed two years ago by Musharraf...
...sense of desperation was underscored when the Supreme Judicial Council ordered Pakistan's newspapers and television stations not to report on the hearing. The country's Media Regulatory Authority [Pemra] also reprimanded television news shows for airing live footage of protesting lawyers, forcing two off air for a short time...
...draft resolution agreed upon by the five permanent members of the Security Council in talks over the past day is less than Washington had hoped for, but a senior U.S. official said that while the increase in pressure on Tehran "is incremental, ... it's a tough resolution." And the best thing about it, he says, is the steps it takes against the Revolutionary Guard. Stopping short of the travel ban preferred by the U.S., the draft calls on nations to "exercise vigilance and restraint" in allowing certain Iranians across their borders, and to alert a special committee of Security Council...
Although the second round of trade sanctions on Iran agreed upon by the major U.N. Security Council powers is only an incremental increase from measures previously agreed to, Washington hopes to use them to go after companies and officials associated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC...