Update on the Middle East: the good, the bad, and the ugly

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Iran's parliament wants to grill the prez about the recent banking scandals:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/30/ahmadinejad-questioning-fraud_n_1066015.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk1%7C108641


Gaddafi's son turns himself in to international authorities:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/26/libya-saif-al-islam-surrender_n_1032796.html

Mubarak's trial is pushed back to December:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/30/hosni-mubarak-trial-date_n_1066127.html

Israel said to lead the world in medical marijuana use. (Maybe it would help the so-called "peace process" if both sides starting doing doobies.)

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/oct/30/ml-israel-montel-williams/

Gaddafi's driver must be looking for a book contract:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/gaddafi-driver-interview

From bad to worse in Syria, as the army hunts protestors house-to-house:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/10/28/world/middleeast/AP-ML-Syria.html?_r=1