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...Saudi citizen, I strongly disagree with Liz Cheney that Deputy Minister for Women's Education Norah al-Faiz will face obstacles because she "can't, for example, work face to face with male counterparts without violating the kingdom's strict religious code." I believe in the female right of privacy. Most Saudi women feel that way as well. We have separate campuses at the university for men and women. Giving women their own places to work and compete is better than their being second-class employees, as in some Western countries. Saleh Almuzaini, RIYADH...
...seeking reelection, Crist ran for governor and won. In office, he signed a controversial bill loosening gun restrictions, championed tax cuts and appointed two conservative, pro-life judges - including Charles Canady, who is credited with inventing the term "partial-birth abortion" - to the Florida Supreme Court. Crist also imposed strict air pollution standards, signed a law allowing for low cost health insurance policies, and appeared at a February 10 rally with Obama to support the stimulus...
...people before turning the gun on himself. After much wrangling between the conservative CDU and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government, the parties have finally agreed on a number of measures aimed at tightening Germany's gun controls, which are already quite strict compared with other European countries. (Read about Merkel in the TIME...
...Agency, cannot deter an attack on Iran - no matter the degree of Iran's openness or compliance on nuclear inspections. Saddam Hussein cooperated with the U.N. and rid himself of weapons of mass destruction, but in the end it did nothing to stop a U.S. invasion. Submission to a strict U.N. monitoring regime will only serve to degrade Iran's national security...
...Congress is weighing several bills to increase aid to the Pakistani government and step up assistance to the Pakistani military in the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda. But many on the Hill worry that the money will be misspent and want to attach strict conditions and benchmarks to the aid, some of which any Pakistani government might find difficult to meet...