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Taboo Inhibits Frank Iran/Israel Talk

The main 'positive' of robust sanctions against a country like Iran is simply that those who impose them can feel good. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to target

Investigations begin as prosecutors question 42 detained MB members.

Prosecutors commence investigations with the 42 MB detainees who were arrested from their homes at dawn by state security.

Aqsa protest in Egypt harvest 200 arrests including 3 women

Demonstrators rallied in support of Al-aqsa which cried for help while thousands echoed its pleas across Egypt.

Egypt : 42 electoral candidates and 145 protestors arrested in one day

Muslim Brotherhood leaders were arrested from their homes earlier this morning. After Friday prayers today, 53 protestors were arrested outside Abu Magda Mosque in Al-Ismaliya and 70 more in Maidan

Arab League chief says Mideast talks off

Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had told him he would not enter indirect talks with Israel, only days after the Palestinian side

Egypt investigates ElBaradei’s beaten supporter

Egypt's public prosecutor on Thursday decided to open an investigation into accusations that a state security officer tortured a supporter of former UN nuclear chief Mohammed ElBaradei

UN humanitarian chief criticizes Israel over Gaza

The UN's top humanitarian official, John Holmes, has criticized Israel for linking the 2006 capture of an Israeli soldier to its blockade of Gaza

Obstacles to presidential change in Egypt: what ElBaradei and others face

The return to Egypt of Mohamed ElBaradei, the recently retired head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on February 19 has injected new vitality and even a sense of hope

MB in Jordan initiate rally near Jordanian River

According to Muslim Brotherhood officials, the government has granted permission for organisers to go ahead with the event, which is expected to attract hundreds of Islamist supporters and activists.

Muslims, Race and the Blogosphere

Sometimes I dream of being a housewife. Not because I live to serve my future husband (or that I even have any burning desire to get married at all), but