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...allowed to remain in Iraq. Shortly after that, Maliki's national security adviser, Muwaffaq al-Rubaie, said the MEK's camp roughly 40 miles north of Baghdad would be disbanded within two months, declaring during an appearance in Tehran that Iraq would not play host to threats toward its neighbor...
...Somalia Power Struggle After a failed two-year attempt to help stabilize its neighbor, Ethiopia pulled its troops out of Mogadishu on Jan. 26. Within hours, Islamic militants occupied the capital. The Somali government agreed to give moderate Islamists increased parliamentary representation and is working to elect a new President. But hard-line insurgents declared the changes invalid, took control of the city and have begun pushing into outlying areas...
...recession is when your neighbor loses his job, the saying goes; a depression is when you lose yours. That line is shifting under the feet of countless Americans. In December, for the first time on record, unemployment rose in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. On Jan. 26, U.S. firms announced more than 70,000 layoffs, then came back the next day with thousands more. Michigan's jobless rate is in the double digits, and it may soon have company...
...Tehran, whose population is 30% Afghan. Iran Mokhtari, now 57, was one of the first recruits. Although she had only a primary-school education, she was taught the information that she needed to pass on in her community. Stopping at a home on her street, she rings a neighbor's doorbell. "Open up. I'm your health volunteer," she says, and instantly, the door is buzzed open. Inside, she tells 26-year-old Azizeh Mohammadi that she should come to the health center the next day to discuss family-planning with the resident doctor. Mohammadi agrees to go. Male contraception...
...supporters. On Jan. 16, as the Israeli assault on Gaza still raged, Qatar, which has forged a role as regional mediator by deftly balancing relations with Syria and Iran as well as the U.S., stepped in to host a summit. Saudi Arabia, which resents being upstaged by its tiny neighbor, refused to attend. Egypt and Jordan stayed away too, ensuring that most of the participants were firmly in the Hamas camp...