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Splitting Egypt’s political atom

ElBaradei has been persuaded, through grassroots activism, to come home and launch a campaign to clean up the country's radioactive political decay after nearly three decades of toxic rule by

Egypt gets 25,000 artifacts from Britain

The Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced on Thursday that Egypt restored 25,000 pieces of antiquities from Britain, some dating to the middle of the Stone Age, 200,000 B.C.

Israel: Border police critically injures 14-year-old in Nabi Saleh demonstration

A 14-year-old boy was critically injured during a demonstration in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh against creeping land grab by the adjacent Jewish-only settlement of Halamish.

Egypt: There will be no Constitutional amendments

Mohamed ElBaradei, the former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has galvanized Egypt's opposition by suggesting that he would run for president if elections are free and fair.

Israel: End crackdown on anti-wall activists

Israel has detained Palestinians who advocate non-violent protests against the separation barrier and charged them based on questionable evidence, including allegedly coerced confessions.

Blogger apologizes for

Egypt has arrested a string of prominent bloggers in the past who criticized security repression or were accused of insulting Islam and the president.

Thousands march in Jerusalem rally

At least 3,000 protesters, including Israelis and Palestinians, have rallied in an Arab quarter of east Jerusalem to protest the eviction of Palestinians from their homes there in favor of

NDP members protest ban on female judges.

Female members of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) protested against an earlier decision by the State Council's general assembly to ban the appointment of female judges.

Egypt: There will be no constitutional amendments

Mohamed ElBaradei, the former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has galvanized Egypt's opposition by suggesting that he would run for president if elections are free and fair.