Iran's national daily "Keyhan" on 14th Dey, 1345 reported: "Yesterday, anniversary of the martyrdom of the Imam Ali, all Tehran practised Islam's laws 100%. Result: - no crimes; forensic offices unemployed; no murders; no violence; no ripple on the calm surface; ....Estates, too, become public either through the intestacy of a deceased owner or because they are paid as fines in restitution; so that they are as much the property of all as God meant all things to be. ...
Savers, in old age and those looking to buy real estate, have found the last year extremely challenging. It seems apparent that regardless of the significance of the country's borrowing habit, savers would be the last within the queue. ...
Tunisia has long been seen as a "moderate" Arab state, with sensible economic policies, decent government services, relatively enlightened policies toward women, and little habit of making trouble in the region. ... One prescient cable from June 2008 reads, "Whether it's cash, services, land, property, or yes, even your yacht, President Ben Ali's family is rumored to covet it and reportedly gets what it wants," and highlights growing frustration with the Tunisian regime, ...
