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Skirmishes in Kafr el Sheik Against MB Rally Result in Injuries

Security forces in Kafr El-Sheikh clash with supporters in a rally advocating Muslim Brotherhood candidates in the lead to the country's parliamentary elections...

Dozens suffer breathing problems in IOF quelling of WB marches

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used excessive force to disperse peaceful marches in West Bank villages on Friday that are weekly organized to protest the separation wall and growing settlement drive...

Israeli authorities planning to eject 100,000 Palestinians from Jerusalem

Observers say the situation in Jerusalem is likely to explode in light of a decision by Israeli occupation authorities to demolish hundreds of Palestinian homes in the city...

Dutch filmmaker: I saw Sharon shoot two Palestinian toddlers at close range

Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer spread in the media this month accusations that former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon killed two Palestinian children in a refugee camp in Beirut in 1982 while he was serving as the Israeli war minister...

Resheq: Hundreds of homes in J'lem to be razed because of the peace talks

Member of Hamas's political bureau Izzat Al-Resheq stated that the Israeli decision to demolish hundreds of Palestinian homes in occupied Jerusalem is one of the manifestations of the US-backed peace talks between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Israeli occupation state...

Lawyers hold Press Conference Discussing Violations Against Candidates

The Lawyers Syndicate's Freedoms Committee will be holding a press conference Sunday noon to expose security abuses against opposition's candidates..

Egypt : A Facebook Activist Court-martialed After Being Honored by The State-Owned Radio – A Young Man to Stand Before Military Court for Expressing Love For His Country.

The undersigned organizations expressed surprise and strongly condemned the military trial of an Egyptian young man without a crime except the love for his country...

Security personnel arrest 9 MB including child during peaceful rally in Cairo

In what has come to be a disturbing pattern during the last few days' Egyptian security forces clashed yet again yesterday with a peaceful publicity campaign for the Muslim Brotherhood's candidates vying for seats in the parliamentary polls...

The Janus-like nature of Arab elections

Three Arab countries that should have very lively political cultures – Jordan, Bahrain and Egypt – have either just held parliamentary elections or will do so later this month. Having just witnessed the aftermath of the Jordanian vote in Amman, this strikes me as a timely moment to pause and assess the positive and negative in these exercises...

Michael Jansen: Wooing voters with goodies, not action

Next Sunday Egyptians go to the polls to choose 508 members of parliament from among 5,200 candidates. Among those standing are 380 women and 80 Coptic Christians. Sixty-four seats are reserved for women. Some 1,100 candidates represent 14 political parties while 4,100 are running as independents...

Amr Khaled's moderate thought fights Al-Qaeda's extremist ideology in Yemen

Egyptian preacher embarks on battle to win hearts and minds of Yemeni extremists with his intermediacy, moderation...

Amnesty calls on regime to respect oppositions right to campaign

A 28-page report has been documented by Amnesty since Friday recording the crackdown on opposition activity in the run-up to the election listing procedures by the authorities to restrict public access. Information, with newspaper articles deemed politically sensitive are also being seized or destroyed and a dozen Egyptian satellite television channels have allegedly been suspended on the grounds that licenses have expired...

Egypt Rejects US Criticism on Religious Freedom

The US State Department's condemnations on Egypt's religious freedom was not met with lightly after officials stressed that the US was in no position to liberally make a judgment on the matter...

1044 Arbitrary Arrests in Run Up to Egypt's Polls

Egyptian Security Forces have arrested 1044 Muslim Brotherhood activists in the run up to the country's parliamentary poll slated for November 28...

MB Media Spokesman Welcomes Monitoring by Civil Organizations

The Muslim Brotherhood's media spokesman and executive member, Dr Mohamed Morsy, stressed that he rejected US interference in Egypt's affairs including the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled to take place on November 28, 2010...

Husband of a MB Candidate in Qalyubiya Detained with 21 Others for 15 Days

Banha prosecution decided to arrest Dr Hesham Khafagy, husband of MB candidate, Huda Ghaneya, who is running for the women’s seat in Qalyubiya governorate. Dr Khafagy will be detained along with 21 others for 15 days pending investigations...

Monday: Press Conference for MB on Government During Elections

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has scheduled a press conference to be held at the parliamentary bloc's headquarters in Cairo at exactly half past twelve Monday...

Exposed: 200 Israeli army offices suspected of war crimes in Gaza

Redress Information & Analysis publishes the names, photographs and other details of 200 Israeli military commanders of various ranks suspected of war crimes during Operation Cast Lead against the people of Gaza, which resulted in the murder of more than 1,400 people, primarily civilians, including over 340 children. The information was received anonymously, presumably from someone with links to the israeli armed forces...

Security Sets Fire to House in Attempt to Burn MB Banner

In a desperate measure state security apparatus in Kafr el-Sheikh set fire to a house after throwing a lighted cloth onto a banner promoting the Muslim Brotherhood candidate...

Ten MB Injured and Six Arrests on Day Two of Poll Clashes

Security forces in Alexandria arrested 2 MB candidate supporters during a rally, further escalating tensions between the regime and MB supporters...