Almost Half of Iraqi Adults Are Unemployed
AlterNet: War on Iraq - 20 Aug 2008
“If you don’t have money to pay bribes, you can’t get a job,” says one mechanical engineer. “I’d drive a garbage truck; I’d do anything,”

Non-Aligned Movement’s support for Iran’s nuclear programme
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 20 Aug 2008
Summary: Non-Aligned MovementThe Ministers stressed that diplomacy and dialogue through peaceful means must continue to find a comprehensive and long term solution to the Iranian nuclear issue. They expressed their conviction that the only way to resolve the issue is to pursue substantive negotiations without any preconditions among all relevant parties. source: IAEAread more