"A car bomb blew up in Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding four others, an Interior Ministry official said. The Sunday attack underscored the fragility of relative calm in the Iraqi capital; violence levels have...
BEIRUT 15:35 GMT – Now that Lebanon have a president, after 7 months, the Lebanese are waiting for the formation of the national unity government.
After last Sunday’s presidential election, the Lebanese people...
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As Hezbollah makes its way through Beirut, some of the victims are local television stations."The violent clashes between Lebanon's pro-government forces and Hezbollah-led opposition have had an immediate impact on...
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UPDATE: 1:53PM ESTAfter three days of deadly street battles, Hezbollah has seized control of West Beirut, pushing Lebanon dangerously close to an all-out civil war.At least 11 people have been killed so far."
Convoys...
New York May 30, 2007 6:45pm GMT/2:45 EDT- Today is a very important and Historical day for Lebanon and the Lebanese people. Within les than half an hour, the Security Council will vote on establishing the...
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"DOHA, Qatar -- The Second Forum on Democracy and Political Reform in the Arab World that I attended this week in Doha, Qatar, is an exercise in hope and determination, despite the lack of practical results to date. The Arab region remains the world’s last collectively...
"Congressional delegation meets with MB - again
May 28th, 2007 at 12:08pm Issandr El Amrani
Remember how a few weeks ago a Congressional delegation met — both in parliament and at an embassy function — MPs from the Muslim Brotherhood? That time around, the Egyptian...
"The arrest and imprisonment of political opponents is nothing new in Egypt, which has been ruled by a succession of authoritarian leaders since 1952; secular democrats are in jail along with the Islamists. Egypt is generally rated as one of the more repressive countries in...
"The relationship between the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and the US administration seems to have been receiving much foreign and local media attention in recent weeks. This month's issue of Newsweek, for instance, features a lead story suggesting an "apparent softening" in...
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"More than 100 opposition lawmakers walked out of the Egyptian parliament on Sunday to protest the government’s moves to push through new constitutional changes which opponents say would “open the way to a police state” and tighten the ruling party’s grip on power.
As...
"Yesterday's cold-blooded assassination of a prominent anti-Syrian official in Lebanon should be all the answer that's needed to the growing international clamor for the Bush administration to reach out and talk to...