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...known big offenders, we will not only earn thanks from the people," the former World Bank official said, "but also send strong signals which will work as deterrents against future corruption." On July 16, Ahmed and his backers netted another big fish when police arrested former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for extortion - a charge she vigorously denies...
...brutal six-week confrontation with militants inspired by al-Qaeda. And a series of bomb attacks and the assassination of a Sunni politician last month underscore the deep divisions tearing apart this tiny country. Those divisions have steadily widened since last year's monthlong war. Then, Hizballah's leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, was the toast of the Arab street, after fighting the Israeli army to a standstill. Hizballah soon came under intense domestic and international pressure to disarm, but it has managed to replenish its arsenal with the aid of its patrons, Iran and Syria, according to Lebanese officials...
...bombing cases are doctors. It's interesting, but it shouldn't be surprising. Omar Khyam, a cell ringleader convicted this year for a 2004 plot to blow up a London nightclub and a shopping mall with fertilizer bombs, was a computer-science student. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who planned 9/11 and other attacks, has a degree in mechanical engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Osama bin Laden's top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is a doctor...
...both signs of a dramatic rise in Iran's influence; then came the coup de grace earlier this month, when Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip by force of arms, causing the collapse of the Palestinian national unity government. As the optimists now see it, the Sharm el-Sheikh summit on Monday has united Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas against Hamas (and its Iranian backer), all in a determination to forge ahead toward a final settlement of the 59-year-old conflict...
Another potential obstacle lies among the Arabs: disagreement over how to handle Hamas. That quabbling that could eventually distract the parties from their main aim of getting Israeli-Palestinian talks back on track. Saudi Arabia, which has no diplomatic relations with Israel and did not attend the Sharm el-Sheikh meeting, seeks to restore Palestinian unity along the lines of the Saudi-mediated Mecca Agreement that led to a power-sharing government comprised of Hamas and Abbas' Fatah party. Jordan's King Abdullah, however, is adamant that Hamas be excluded to give Abbas more freedom of action - and also...