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The home of Mehdi Karroubi, one of the leaders of Iran's opposition Green movement, has been attacked. The basij (Iran's voluntary militia) has been accused of the attack. It comes as the authorities fear anti-government protests may start again on Quds Day.
Are hopes too high for the latest round of talks between the Israelis and Palestinians? Mahmoud Abbas and Benyamin Netanyahu have agreed to meet again in Egypt to continue talks in two weeks but there is little sign of support for the Palestinian president at home.
Posters promoting Omar Suleiman, Egypt's former intelligence chief, as a possible presidential successor to Hosni Mubarak have been appearing over Cairo. The campaign seems to be in a similar vein to that promoting Mr Mubarak's son, Gamal.
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Will Israel bomb Iran?
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Wikipedia editing for Zionists
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Why taxes are low in the Middle East
(The Guardian)
Reform and repression in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Iran
(Jon Lee Anderson in the New Yorker)
Little better than slavery
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Whoever comes to power must ensure that the moneyed elite are encouraged to keep and grow their wealth within Egypt. Previous attempts to promote socialism had scared away the industrialists and entrepreneurs.
More »Numbers do not speak the truth here. Poverty is spreading like cancer and corruption is the new Egyptian religion. The resources, lands and all possible fortunes in the country have been eaten up by a group of businessmen near to the rulers.
More »Put a Palestinian next to this thug, test both their DNA and then decide who the land belongs to. Simply enough done.
More »The Kurds want independence. The Shia want control and revenge. The Sunni are scared and resentful at their loss of dominance. That was the completely forseeable result of our clumsy intervention. What, exactly, has happened to change it?
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