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Barack Obama serves notice on Egypt: I meant what I said about human rights

Hosni Mubarak is unlikely to have been too badly discomfited by Barack Obama's expression of mild disappointment at the renewal of Egypt's controversial emergency law.

Emergency measures a ‘catastrophe’ for Egypt

Opposition leaders, rights groups and foreign governments have condemned the extension of Egypt’s three-decade state of emergency by a further two years.

Beyond the burqa

IN MUSLIM countries, a conservative head-covering does not always mean being conservative in other ways.

Their view: Will administration continue to allow autocracy in Egypt

While the Obama administration was occupied with hosting a difficult ally - Afghan President Hamid Karzai - on Tuesday, another problematic friend took a big step toward perpetuating his corrupt

MB MP: Emergency Law, instrument of tyranny and oppression

Dr. Mohamed Saad Al Katatni, chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc has criticised the extension of the emergency law

IOA begins a campaign of demolition in OJ, plans 12,000 housing units

Israeli public security minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch has said that a campaign of demolition against "illegal" Palestinian homes in eastern Jerusalem would start soon.

Palestinian fisherman dies after Egyptian battle cruiser hits his boat

A Palestinian fisherman died and his brother and two sons were injured when an Egyptian battle cruiser collided with their fishing boat on Wednesday morning.

UNRWA warns of complete halt to its operations

The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees has warned that its operations would come to a complete halt by the end of September in the event necessary

IOF troops round up 15 citizens, reinforce presence in OJ

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 15 Palestinian citizens in the West Bank during their routine daily arrest campaign, Hebrew daily Yediot Arhonot said on its website on Wednesday.

Bardawil: The Palestinian fisherman was killed

Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil, a leading figure in the Hamas movement, on Wednesday accused an Egyptian gunboat with deliberately colliding with a Palestinian fishing boat earlier in the day then passing