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a media service provided by New Statesman A digest of all today’s essential comment and opinion TODAY'S SUMMARY Muslim countries have failed Pakistan 20 August 2010 In the Times, Mehdi Hasan criticises oil-rich Muslim countries for doing little or nothing to aid the flood-ravaged Pakistan. Elsewhere, in the Guardian, John Prescott, who is campaigning to be elected Labour treasurer, warns that the party is on the verge of bankruptcy with debts of at least £20m. Writing in the Independent, Robert Fisk says that claims the US is "leaving" Iraq can be safely ignored, since a third of the entire occupation force will remain in the country. In the Financial Times, Paul Kagame writes that Rwanda's democracy remains a model for the rest of Africa to follow. Finally, in the Washington Post, David Ignatius argues that Obama must seize the opportunity for direct negotiations with Iran as time runs out to prevent a new nuclear threat. CATEGORIES > UK Politics > International Politics > Economics & Business > Security & Defence > Environment > Science & Technology > Culture, Media & Sport > Health, Family & Society > Education > Human Rights, Law, Justice   If you would rather not receive this email, please unsubscribe from the list. CommentPlus is a Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. ©CommentPlus 2010. You are receiving this newsletter because you are a valued subscriber to New Statesman. Your email address has not been, and will not be, given to third parties.