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In Egypt, Islamist runs against the odds

He has been jailed, his computer has been seized, his blog is tracked by intelligence officials, and Mohammed Shawkat Malt concedes that his latest political quest appears doomed...

Poll shows Palestinians now favor Hamas over Fatah

During three months of foundering peace talks overshadowed by violence, the U.S.-backed Palestinian leadership in the West Bank has lost popular support and is now viewed as less legitimate than the Islamist government of rival group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to a poll released Monday. ..

The mission of Cairo resident Wael Abbas is to document abuse and repression, despite the dangers.

Cyberspace can be a messy, dangerous place, especially if you’re Abbas, who with keyboard, digital camera and a bit of cunning has become one of Egypt’s most popular bloggers...

Iraq urges limits on U.S. operations

As the two governments work out a military agreement, Baghdad says the country must not be involved in any attacks on its neighbors...

Support the country, not the dictator

For decades, the United States has faced a fundamental national security dilemma: How does it address the threats posed by global terrorist networks without further entrenching dictators and antidemocratic governments? This challenge existed long before 9/11, and it remains one of the most difficult policy questions facing the United States today — one that defies partisan stripes and ideological divisions. ..

Islamists emerge in stifled Tunisia

MENZEL BOURGUIBA, TUNISIA — The jihad journey of the Nasri brothers began in this mud-splattered town where shipyards rust and umbrella sellers wait with mercenary fervor for storms to rumble in from across the lake...

Musharraf shows dictators how it’s done

Thank you, Gen. Pervez Musharraf. Your imposition of emergency law Saturday might have earned you widespread condemnation for what the Pakistani media called your "second coup" -- your first being in 1999..

Amid civil war, reports mean little

The intense focus on Gen. David H. Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker obscures the essential irrelevance of the report they will make to Congress on Monday and, ..

Not so fast, Christian soldiers

Maybe what the war in Iraq needs is not more troops but more religion. At least that’s the message the Department of Defense seems to be sending...

Seeking A Bridge To Change In Egypt

A respected intellectual and author tries to join polar opposites -- Islamists and leftists -- to forge a viable opposition..