NATO Chief: UN unlikely to stop Iran Voice of America, October 6, 2008

The Reuters news agency today quotes NATO secretary general as saying he is concerned the Security Council is incapable of further sanctions [on Iran, to deter its military nuclear advancement.] The news agency says Jaap de Hoop Scheffer told a meeting in Evian, France, that he has doubts the world can stop Iran from striving to get a bomb.

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Fatwa: Saudi women must cover one eye
Sheikh says women’s modesty laws not stringent enough, revelation of both eyes causes ‘corrupt behavior, conflicts with Islamic principles’

BBC News, October 3, 2008 Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan, an ultra-conservative cleric who is said to have wide influence among religious Saudis, said showing both eyes encouraged women to use eye make-up to look seductive.