SELLING IRAN

Ahmadinejad, Privatization and a Bus Driver Who Said No by Billy Wharton, Dissident Voice A creeping assumption lies just beneath the surface of arguments concerning the disputed election in Iran. Incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is cast as an anti-US populist crusader… Read moreSELLING IRAN

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North Africa

Mauritania: power-sharing deal signed; jihadis attack

Mauritania’s ousted President Sidi Abdallahi formally resigned as part of a power-sharing deal with the nation’s military rulers—days after a US teacher was killed by suspected al-Qaeda militants.