Saturday, May 16, 2009

UAE nuclear energy, and NYTimes hearts Oman

A few links for today. First of all, a couple of articles about the UAE/US nuclear energy deal. The press was largely positive shortly after it was announced, and this article says that the UAE offers a model that Iran could learn from. Since then, there has been some domestic pressure on congress in the States, and the bill hasn't gone before the House yet. Last week a columnist strongly criticized the deal, basically stating that the deal would most likely result in a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. This article takes issue with that perspective.

Also, for some reason that I can't seem to find, the NTTimes has a crush on Oman this weekend, posting two articles over the past two days. The last time Oman got a headline? The cyclone in June, 2007. What's going on?

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