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The British frigate HMS Portland heads through the Suez canal, in Ismailia, Egypt Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. A European Union flotilla will begin anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia next week, the EU's foreign policy chief said Wednesday. Six warships and three maritime reconnaissance aircraft will replace a NATO naval force that has been patrolling the region and escorting cargo ships carrying relief aid to Somalia since the end of October.

Egypt Photos Protests Security Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian protests

The Examiner
Suez Canal eyed by Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood for shutdown
It is perhaps one of Israel’s worst nightmares that the Muslim Brotherhood would come to power in Egypt and shut down the Suez Canal. Such a notion would also apply to United States and much of the... (photo: AP)

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Berlin Film Festival brings the Oscars to town (Feature)
Berlin - A remake of a sixties' western classic about a young girl's determination to avenge her father's murder kicks off the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday. True Grit from Oscar-winning US... (photo: Creative Commons / Maharepa)

Central Security Forces in 2011 Egyptian Protests

The Examiner
Protests continue in Egypt as crowds swell
Liberation Square in the center of Cairo has seen some of the largest crowds of anti government protestors on Tuesday, February 8, who continue to press their demands for the resignation of Egyptian... (photo: Creative Commons / Essam Sharaf)
Cairo Egypt Photos Protests Wikipedia: Egypt

Protesters in Cairo (1st February 2011)

The New York Times
Latest Updates on Day 16 of Egypt Protests
The Lede continues to follow the protest movement in Egypt, now in its third week. For a summary of new developments, read today’s main news article from our colleagues in Cairo. Updates below... (photo: Creative Commons / Flickr upload bot)
Egypt Photos Protest Protests Wikipedia:Egypt

Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters are seen reading messages left by other demonstrators on a big mural at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Protesters appear to have settled in for a long standoff, turning Tahrir Square into a makeshift village with tens of thousands coming every day, with some sleeping in tents made of blankets and plastic sheeting.

Asia Times
Driving through the gates of hell
Feb 10, 2011... (photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti)
Mideast Photos Politics US Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian protests

Army soldiers stand guard, as a banner hung by Egyptian protesters reads " a report to prosecutor general: Mubarak and his family wealth 70 billion dollars" , in front of Egyptian Parliament in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Around 2,000 protesters waved huge flags outside the parliament several blocks from Tahrir Square, where they moved a day earlier in the movement's first expansion out of the square. They chanted slogans demanding the dissolving of the legislature, where almost all the seats are held by the ruling party.

Asia Times
Chinese weather on Tahrir Square
Feb 10, 2011... (photo: AP / Mohammed Abou Zaid)
China Egypt Photos Poverty Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian protests

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, left, meets with Muqtada al-Sadr, one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite political clerics, right, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, July 19, 2010.

Real Clear Politics
Iran in Iraq: the Role of al-Sadr
On January 5, radical Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr entered Iraq after a three-year self-imposed exile in Iran, but then returned to Iran fifteen days later. According to... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
Iran Iraq Photos Politics Wikipedia: Muqtada al-Sadr

An Egyptian boy waves his national flag as anti-government protesters demonstrate in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Protesters appear to have settled in for a long standoff, turning Tahrir Square into a makeshift village with tens of thousands coming every day, with some sleeping in tents made of blankets and plastic sheeting.

The Times of India
Rise of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt worries Israel
TEL AVIV: The pro-democracy movement in Egypt is giving sleepless nights to the only democracy in the region, Israel. It's not the fear of a democratic government in... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill)
Egypt Israel Photos Protests Wikipedia: Muslim Brotherhood

Leabnese Hezbollah fighters, stand next to a mock rocket under a poster of Hezbollah's leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah with Arabic words reading:"To let you know, July (2006 war) was a picnic," during a demonstration to protest Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip, in the southern market town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, on Saturday Jan. 10, 2009.

Daily Star Lebanon
Hezbollah building up its arms stockpile: Israel
Deputy Prime Minister Shalom claims that the group is seeking to take total control of Lebanon By Patrick Galey Daily Star staff Wednesday, February 09, 2011 - Powered by... (photo: AP / Mohammed Zaatari)
Hezbollah Israel Photos Weapons Wikipedia: Hezbollah

Reformist Iranian presidential candidate, Mahdi Karroubi, talks with media during his press conference in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 9, 2009.

The New York Times
Iran Opposition Leader: Egypt Revolt Tests Tehran Regime
Mehdi Karoubi, the Iranian opposition leader, said on Tuesday that the demonstration planned in Tehran next week in solidarity with the protest movements in Egypt and... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Egypt Iran Photos Protests Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian protests

UAE

	Google exec complicates role in Egypt Independent online (SA)
	Google Keeps Distance amid Exec's Fame in Egypt CBS News
	OPEC sec-gen says no need for emergency meeting The Times of India

Saudi Arabia

	Lalu appears in fodder scam case Zeenews
	Rahul asks NSUI members to reach grassroot level Zeenews
	New medical treatment freezes away extra body fat Zeenews

Iran

	Crises in Egypt: is Obama replicating Jimmy Carter's legend? The Examiner
	Obama's Fantasies, Egyptian Reality American Spectator
	Cables say Israel favours Suleiman Al Jazeera

Kuwait

	Egypt unrest may push oil above $110: Kuwait official KDVR
	Over 99 pct in Southern Sudan vote for secession The News & Observer
	A region in turmoil: How far will the unrest spread? The Independent

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Somali pirates capture supertanker, $150 mn of oil

Q&A-How will Somali piracy affect shipping?

Turkey approves sale of TV station to Al-Jazeera

Renshaw leads Tour of Qatar

McIlroy storms into lead in Dubai

Bahrain arrests 200 men at homosexual party: Newspapers

Pirated supertanker 'heading to Somali coast'

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A Taiwan National flag flies on Navy's Cheng Gong class warship during a tour in bases in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010.

Taipei leaves dual-use doubt

2011 Egyptian Protests Cardboard in the Chinese Language

Egypt Protests: Government Agrees To Major Demands In Talks On Sunday

Demonstrators on Army Truck in Tahrir Square, Cairo Date: 29 January 2011.

Egypt Protests: Anti-Mubarak Activists Bruised, Tired, Hungry

US declares Lebanese bank a major money launderer Herald Tribune
US accuses Lebanese bank of laundering big money for drug gr Star Tribune
'IMF ignored financial crisis warnings' The Siasat Daily
Secret agreement with Gambia overrides UN arms export sancti Star Tribune
China in $13-bn Iran deal to build railway The Himalayan
Iranian cleric says filtering the web unIslamic The Boston Globe
Turkey: No action planned in US-Iran export case The Boston Globe
Q&A-India's payments dispute with Iran over oil The Guardian
India, Iran may consider trade deal for oil imports Indian Express
Families hope for freedom of Americans held in Iran KDVR
Walker puts two-year Wisconsin budget shortfall at $3.6 bill Star Tribune
Iran mass producing new anti-ship missiles Khaleej Times
'Turkey and Iran to triple bilateral trade despite nuclear s Ha'aretz
Iran mass producing anti-ship missiles Zeenews
Iran unveils 4 new satellites The Boston Globe
Iran mass producing anti-ship missiles: Guards Indian Express
Basmati rice export hit by Iranian payment row The Times of India
Reports: Iran, Turkey sign trade pact potentially worth $30 CNN
Al Jazeera Hopes Reports From Egypt Open Doors in U.S. The New York Times
Business Sydney Morning Herald

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, left, shakes hands with Indian Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee, center, as the Indian Junior Minister for External Affairs E Ahmad looks on, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006. Iran&ac

India, Iran resolve crisis

Supporters of Tunisia's President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali demonstrate in Tunis, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. Tunisia's autocratic president, facing deadly riots that have rocked his nation, ordered prices on food staples slashed and suggested he will leave the presidency, but not until 2014. President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, in a televised speech Thursday night, also pledged to end Internet censorship and to open up the political playing field in a country where he has allowed little public criticism for the past 23 years.

Food and failed Arab states

In this photo taken Friday, Jan.28, 2011, Egyptian women demonstrate in Alexandria, Egypt. Thousands of Alexandrians met Sunday Jan 30 to pray in downtown Alexandria, a Mediterranean port city that is a stronghold of the Muslim Brotherhood. After prayers, the crowd marched towards the city's old mosque to pray for the souls of those who died in the protests.

The Brotherhood factor

Current Middle East Events and the Future of Planet Earth Newsvine
Egypt Reform Committees: Mubarak Forms Panels, But No Detail Huffington Post
Egypt Protests Leave 297 Killed: Human Rights Watch Huffington Post
CNN Student News Transcript: CNN
Fallibility of Economic Forecasts: Egypt Throws Oil Investor Seeking Alpha
Egypt – Creative Destruction For A ‘Greater Midd Pakalert Press
Economic jitters spread over Egypt crisis Denver Post
Egypt protests – Friday 4 February The Observer
Egypt Ruling Party Leadership Resigns; Obama Backs Gradual T Huffington Post
With Egypt in turmoil, oil and food prices climb Philadelphia Daily News
Egyptian turmoil helping to lift oil, food prices Denver Post
Egypt Protests: Mubarak Hangs On After Mass Uprising Huffington Post
Egypt Protests: Egyptian Journalist Ahmed Mahmoud Dies Of Gu Huffington Post
Egypt Protests Grow Larger As Pressure On Mubarak Mounts Huffington Post
Egypt Day Of Departure, Feb. 4, 2011: Crowd To Call For Muba Huffington Post
Egypt Journalists Roundup Continues As Violence Escalates Huffington Post
Egypt Army Moves In As Protesters Clash With Mubarak Support Huffington Post
Egypt Pro-Government Supporters Clash With Anti-Government P Huffington Post
Mubarak Tells Egypt He Will Not Seek Re-Election Huffington Post
Egypt Protesters Flood Cairo In Powerful Anti-Mubarak Demons Huffington Post

Anti-government protesters pray in front of an army tank and armored personnel carrier at the continuing protest in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011.

Krauthammer: Toward a soft landing in Egypt

Iraqi solider playing with his hat near Saddam Hussein's hand statue

Iraq repairs Saddam's triumphal sword arch

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, centre right, listens to his Defense Minister, Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, during army parade ceremony marking National Army Day, in front of mausoleum of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 18, 2010.

Iran is ready to start defense funding for Lebanon: minister

Iranian opposition leader under house arrest Denver Post
Profile: Omar Suleiman Al Jazeera
Iranian opposition leader under house arrest after protests The Guardian
Report: Iran opposition leader under house arrest Herald Tribune
Why Egypt's progressives win Al Jazeera
Bitter feud behind Israeli army brawl Asia Times
Bread, dignity and lies Asia Times
Planned rally to support revolts draws Iranians anger Newstrack India
Iran’s Chief Prosecutor Criticizes Planned Rally Back Herald Tribune
Revolt fanning the fires in Iran National Post
Egypt's Foreigner Blame Game Human Rights
This Day in History - February 10 Jamaica Observer
'Iran's Islamic Revolution at its peak' The Siasat Daily
Could al-Qaeda Hijack Egypt's Revolution? Real Clear Politics
The great Game Folio Indian Express
Sixta Rinehart: Iran all over again The State
Egypt and American Decline The Miami Herald
Iran Official Criticizes Planned Rally Backing Revolts The New York Times
Nonviolent Activism Is Middle-Eastern Scoop
The politics of revolutionary surprise The Jordan Times

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House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, center, gestures while announcing the Republicans "Pledge to America" agenda, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at a lumber company in Sterling, Va. From left are, Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., Boehner, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.

In full: The President's State of the Union address to the 112th Congress

** FILE** Democratic Presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses the Executive Council of New York at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York´s Times Square in this Sept. 17, 2007, file photo. Obama, who isn´t exactly scraping b

US has built new partnership with India: Obama

Egypt: Why is Israel so Blind? Al Jazeera
Israel's Fear of Arab Movement The Siasat Daily
Where are the Islamists? Al Jazeera
Prosecutors charge al-Qaida suspect on allegations he planne Star Tribune
Egypt's Berlin Wall moment Al Jazeera
Obama Administration Won't Endorse Calls For Immediate Resig Huffington Post
Ross Douthat / Obama the cold-eyed realist Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Denying Egyptians a choice only makes the Islamists stronger Daily Star Lebanon
U.S. needs to choose its friends more carefully The Columbus Dispatch
Obama the Realist The New York Times
Egyptian dilemma Deccan Chronicle
India stood up for dear friend Iran: WikiLeaks DNA India
The shaping of a New World Order Al Jazeera
Islamic revolution extremist criminals hold Egypt hostage, m The Examiner
Arab revolutions transcend Iran's Al Jazeera
Sunday Telegraph 50th anniversary: key events of the last 50 The Daily Telegraph
The bill for despotism comes due The News & Observer
Robinson: The devils we know The State
The Muslim Brotherhood and the Emerging Caliphate Newsvine
Muslim Brotherhood Newsvine

Iranian school boys hold posters of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during an annual state-backed rally in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, marking the anniversary of take-over of the embassy in 1979 by militant students, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010.

Egypt, Tunisia suffered for being servile to US: Iran’s Khamenei

An anti-government protester carries rocks during clashes in Tahrir, or Liberation square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.

As Violence Rages in Egypt is the United States a Democracy Hypocrite?

INDIA-MUSLIM-COMMUNITY-MEETINGIndia Kolkata Muslim Community Meeting at Kolkata in Eastern India City ----- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK

World Muslim population doubling, report projects

'Islamic Revolution belongs to all men' The Siasat Daily
'Women, pioneers of Islamic Revolution' The Siasat Daily
Egypt's revolt for change...what then? Newsvine
Iran cleric: Filtering the internet is un-Islamic Ha'aretz
Evangelical Christians Face Death in Iran GroundReport
Tide turns in favour of Egypts Brotherhood in revolt The Jordan Times
Egypt Is Not Iran Real Clear Politics
Omar Suleiman 'Demonized' Muslim Brotherhood: WikiLeaks Huffington Post
Suleiman 'panned' Egypt opposition Al Jazeera
Egyptian voices reflect diversity Al Jazeera
The Ministry of Jesus The Examiner
WikiLeaks cables: Egypt's Omar Suleiman demonised Muslim Bro The Observer
Beware wave for rights The Star
At last, Islam's appeasers may be on the run The Observer
Irans unrest comments 'cross all red lines' - Egypt The Jordan Times
AT A GLANCE The Jordan Times
Egypt slams Iran for calling the unrest an 'Islamic awakenin Ha'aretz
Iran's supreme leader calls uprisings an 'Islamic awakening' The Siasat Daily
Egypt slams Iran for calling the country's unrest an 'Islami Ha'aretz
Muslim Brotherhood: Egypt unrest "not an Islamic uprising" ( m&c;

NYC Rally for Egyptian Democracy Protestors, 29 January 2011 008

UN: Egyptian stability important for Mideast peace

INDIA-CHILDS-READ-BOOKS-KOLKATA-BOOK-FAIRIndia Childs read book on the Kolkata Book Fair in Eastern India ----- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK

Early education needs to improve in Dubai

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.

U.S President Barack Obama State of the Union Address

RTA offers discounts to students, senior citizens Khaleej Times
School renovation gains approval in Mt. Lebanon Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Special Report: In Saudi Arabia, a clamor for education The Himalayan
Iran opens 11th school in Iraq The Siasat Daily
Texas schools nix Arabic classes over fears of Islam - Educa Newsvine
Wired, Educated and Shrewd, Young Egyptians Guide Revolt The New York Times
Jewish group protests charges vs Muslim students Fresno Bee
Afghan insurgents target moderate Islamic university The Guardian
Mt. Lebanon approves controversial high school renovation Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
USMC FA 18 pilot chats with Iran The Examiner
Iranian minister urges sex segregation in colleges Khaleej Times
Mt. Lebanon approves controversial high school renovation pr Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Mt. Lebanon approves controversial high school plan Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Wave of ads to accompany launch of education reform plan Daily Star Lebanon
Evacuated Students From Egypt to Enroll At Islamic Institute All Africa
UT students rally for democracy in Middle East Knox News
Court orders government to accommodate East Jerusalem school Ha'aretz
SOUTH AFRICA: HIV testing in schools is a minefield IRINnews
The Threats of a Nuclear Iran Revealed February 8 in Film 'I Newsvine
Islam in spotlight at university event York Press

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