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The new Hamas Palestinian government found itself under growing pressure yesterday as Israel arrested one of its cabinet ministers.

It came a day after the new Hamas prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, admitted that the financial squeeze on his government was beginning to bite. He said the Palestinian territories’ treasury could not afford March’s wage bill for civil servants.

Cairo Declaration Toward a Union for Judges in the Arab World In Defense of Judges’ Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Association and of the Independence of the Judiciary
4/4/2006

Participants in the conference on "The Role of the Judiciary in the Process of Political Reform in Egypt and in the Arab World" held in Cairo from 1st to 3rd April, 2006 declared that the independence and ..

On a rainy spring day a week ago, one of Egypt’s most prominent politicians and about 50 gunmen shot their way into his party’s headquarters in Cairo, tossed Molotov cocktails and ransacked offices to settle a leadership dispute.

When the smoke cleared after the 10-hour standoff, 23 people were wounded, the politician and at least one legislator were in custody, and the image of the Wa..

War in Iraq has not brought stability or democracy to the region. The solution requires a mix of might and credibility,

AT THIS JUNCTURE it seems doubtful that history will judge the Iraq war kindly. By invading Iraq, the Bush Administration created a self-fulfilling prophecy: Iraq has now replaced Afghanistan as a magnet, training ground and operational base for jihadist terrorists, w..

Dear friends and former colleagues:
Having just celebrated my 80th birthday, I feel the need to commit to paper my outlook on the role of an American diplomat. I should add that when I took the U.S. Foreign Service examination more than 50 years ago, there were few naturalized citizens in the Service. I still believe today that an American diplomat’s first obligation is to look after U.S. lo..

One week after the Palestinian Authority (PA) swore in its new Hamas-led government, the United States Friday announced that it will suspend all direct aid to the PA while sharply increasing humanitarian assistance to the people under its control.

The move, which followed a similar announcement by the European Commission (EC) Thursday, comes as the PA, which was unable to pay its 140,0..

Where once they had stood for opposite conceptions of human nature and radically different visions of society, today the terms ‘left’ and ‘right’ are words in search of meaning.
With the demise of the Socialist camp and the declining role of ideology in the political arena, such distinctions have lost much of their historic relevance, their content diluted, their parameters blurred.
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The PA premier, Ismail Haneyya, on Friday urged the Palestinian people to consolidate ranks and be ready to face the next challenges with a united front amidst the tremendous pressures the international community imposing on the Palestinian people to force it bows to their demands.

"There will no compromises as we shall rely totally on Allah the Almighty; thus, I’ am calling on all our ..

The extent of land reclaimed by the Toshka project was the subject of a heated parliamentary debate,

Questions over the economic viability of the massive Toshka project have dogged the land reclamation scheme since it was first launched amid fanfare almost a decade ago. Last Monday they reached the People’s Assembly, where in a bad- tempered four-hour exchange opposition MPs Akram El-Sh..

Three years after the death of James Miller british probe concludes he was murdered
 
Reporters Without Borders said it was “satisfied” by the conclusions of the British investigation into the death of James Miller which concluded he was deliberately murdered by an Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip three years ago on 2 May 2003.
 
“Now we are waiting for the Israeli author..

Reporters Without Borders today condemned the detention of writer and website editor Mohammed Ghanem, who was arrested at his home (photo) in the northeastern city of Ar Raqqah on 31 March by military intelligence officers.
 
Ghanem, who edits the www.surion.org website, refused to leave with the military intelligence officers until the local milit..

Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese called on Muslim minorities in the West to form influential "lobbies" to champion Islam awareness campaigns and launch multi-lingual media channels for an effective interaction with their respective societies.

"Muslim minorities in the West are tackling their affairs on their own with no coordination whatsoever," the to..

EU diplomats have rejected a European Commission proposal to suspend direct aid to the Palestinian Authority, saying the measure would be "too brutal."

The Financial Times reports that diplomats from all EU member states stuck together on the decision, despite the fact the new government is led by Hamas - a militant group on the EU’s own terrorist list.

Envoys from France and t..

Tens of thousands from around the country attended a heated conference organized by the Lawyers’ Syndicate April 8, to protest the notorious Emergency Law. Hazem Salah Abo Ismail, conference coordinator and member of the Muslim Brotherhood, stressed on the rule of the people themselves “ to confront the oppression and injustice” saying that the Egyptian regime has lost its credibility and ..

The government neatly defused a series of fiery libel cases last month, but journalists are adamant that the People’s Assembly act on a two-year-old presidential order to decriminalize libel
 
SOMETIMES, THINGS GET lost in the shuffle. It happens in our daily lives, and as recent events have suggested, it happens to legislators, too. On February 23, 2004, while Atef Ebeid was still p..

"Paradise Now" Directed by Hany Abu Assad, Academy Award Nominee, 2005 Best foreign language film 2005, Golden Globe winner, best foreign language film

This is Palestinian movie that was nominated for Oscar this year.
 
Event Information
Title: PVA Film: "Paradise Now"
Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Time: 7 p.m.
Calendar: Events Calendar 
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Lebanon announced it has secured the approval of the Lebanese government to form its first political party in the country. The new party will be named the “Reform and Development Party (RDP)” and will be the first political wing of the Sunni Muslims in Lebanon.