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Al-Jazeera challenges: pass the salt

A lot of people have been asking me what I think of the various rumors swirling around al-Jazeera.  Supporters of al-Jazeera have been in a frenzy over an alleged ’pro-US

Should America Fear Middle East Democracy?

Rob Satloff, Executive Director, The Washington Institute

Iraqi Accordance Front Suspends Its Participation in Gov’t

Iraqi Accordance Front declared suspending its participation in current Iraqi government due to what it called" exercises of excluding the Front’s officials, specially the latest escalation of issuing an arrest

Too Hot Summer Holiday: 50 Students Arrested in Alex.

State security forces arrested 50 students from the Egyptian summer resort of Hanoville, Agamy, west of Alexandria , on Saturday at dawn, after raiding three flats which the students rented

MB Detainees 515, Mostly Under Provisional Detention

The number of Muslim Brotherhood detainees has reached, in the last period, up to 515 detainees, mostly under provisional detention. There has been a sharp increase in the sweeps of

Egyptian Security Blocks Coptic Vigil

Egyptian security forces blocked a demonstration which a group of Copts were to stage in front of the People’s Assembly in Cairo on Friday. For his part, Mamdouh Nakhla, manager of

MB Demands Nations Intervene to Solve Palestinian Crisis

Muslim Brotherhood (MB) chairman, Mohamed Mahdi Akef demanded Arab and Islamic countries to immediately intervene to rescue the Palestinian people and solve the current crisis between Fatah and Hamas .