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Syria Continues Vicious Clampdowns on Activists

In a bid to crush an anti-regime protest movement in the coastal city of Banias, shots rang out in a Damascus suburb surrounded by troops, and Syrian security forces rounded

EU contemplates Freezing Mubarak’s Assets

A European official stated that the EU is studying the freezing of Mubarak’s assets according to the demands of the Egyptian people and will decide the matter within the next

Egypt’s military calls on US and EU to freeze assets of ousted Mubarak’s aides

Following the historical toppling of Egypt’s ruling regime, the Egyptian military led government has called upon the US and EU to freeze the assets of top former leaders under the

Can O’Keefe lick the Palestinian campaign into shape?

Stuart Littlewood argues that the Palestinian cause is in desperate need of a marketing and public relations makeover, and of competent advocates to promote the Palestinian struggle in the West.

Arab Secretary General denounces foreign intervention in Egypt’s affairs

Amr Mousa the Arab League Secretary General denounced foreign attempts to exploit the New Year eve criminal attack on Alexandria’s church on New Year’s Eve.

The US national image and its contradictions

Lawrence Davidson analyses the reasons behind the widening gulf between the US national self-image as “the world’s prime purveyor of good government, stability and progress” and the reality of imperial

Zionist lobby’s new orders for Obama

Alan Hart argues that new instructions issued to President Obama by Israel through its stooges in Congress, in the form of House Resolution 1734, might be a sign of panic

Obama’s last card – will he play it?

Alan Hart argues that, with the help of pressure from the European Union, US President Barack Obama could be nudged into signalling the end of American tolerance of Israeli crimes

The Race for Primacy in the Middle East

The Middle East is about to change. No, the dysfunctional political systems are not about to become more free or fair or democratic. National economies are not going to improve

UN, EU concerned over Israeli settlement activity as more settlers pour in OJ

The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has expressed concern over the Israeli occupation authority's (IOA) announcement that 1,300 new housing units would be built in occupied Jerusalem.