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Gunfire Scatters Mourners at Egypt’s Port Said Funerals
Thousands of mourners marched on Sunday in the Egyptian canal city of Port Said at the funeral of people killed in clashes triggered by death sentences on supporters of a local football team.
Bodies wrapped in white shrouds were carried in open coffins by a sea of mourners along the city’s main avenue.
A brief burst of gunfire sent mourners running in several directions amid chaotic scenes before calm was restored.
“Our city is being hit by the interior ministry!” and “Down with Brotherhood rule!” chanted the crowd.
On Saturday, 31 people were killed in the canal city in clashes with police after a Cairo court handed down death sentences on 21 supporters of Port Said’s Al-Masry football club
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No end to violent protests in Egypt
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Minister: Syria to Ease Return of Opposition for Dialogue
UN humanitarian chief in Syria for talks
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Israel vows Syria strike at any sign of chemical arms transfer
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Israel denies West Bank deal for refugees fleeing Syria
Israeli forces detain 4 in West Bank
Clashes break out at new protest village in Jenin
Minister: Prisoners threaten mass hunger strike action
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority Minister of Prisoner Affairs warned Saturday that detainees in Israeli jails may launch mass hunger strike action if their conditions do not improve.
Racism Row Brews in Israeli Football
Israel leader seeks wide coalition to face threats
Netanyahu links Holocaust lessons to Iranian threat
Tzipi Livni: Qatar Funded Netanyahu Campaign
Abbas: New Israeli government, same talking points
Qatari fuel for Gaza halted due to Egypt unrest
Reconciliation committees hold remote meeting
Palestinians adopt state symbols as they wrestle with budgetary blues
Gaza university introduces dress code for women
Iranian workers demand South Korea ‘return’ funds
Tunisia government reshuffle talks come to nothing
Top UN team in Yemen to push national reconciliation
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NATO sets up defense system in Turkey
Analysis/Opinion
Middle East News - Experts: Arab Spring is ‘Qaeda Spring’
Al Arabiya - Is that the Egypt we dreamt of?
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Al Jazeera - The perils of identity politics in Tunisia
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Israeli minister welcomes report of huge blast at Iran nuclear plant
*Block by block, Egyptians fight their past for a new future
*UPDATED: Egypt’s Morsi declares state of emergency in Suez Canal cities
*Morsy invites ElBaradei, Sabbahi, Islamists to dialogue
*Iranian journalists arrested in raids on newspapers
Who supports who in Syria?
JANUARY 28
*Protests Grow on Fifth Day of Unrest in Egypt
*Thousands attend funerals in Port Said as Egypt’s stability teeters
*Suez protestors to defy curfew
*Cabinet draft law grants Armed Forces arrest powers
*Armed Forces tighten security at Aswan High Dam
*Egypt’s Morsi calls crisis talks as emergency declared
*Islamist parties welcome Morsi’s state-of-emergency decision
*Egypt: opposition rejects president’s dialogue
*Egypt’s Revolution Devours Its Children
*Idealistic young Egyptian gets paid back with trial
*Al-Qaida-linked group claims deadly Syria blast
*Refugees again, Palestinians flee Syria’s war
*Jordan reportedly beefing up security on border with Syria
*Jumblat Warns Syria’s Druze against Joining ‘Regime’s So-Called Popular Army’
*Al-Assad’s grip on power “slipping away,” Medvedev says
*Defection of Assad’s mother seen as sign of regime falling apart
*Report: Assad Says Syria Army Has Upper Hand
*Obama: Syria different from other countries
*Israel Deploys Air Defense over Fears Syrian Chemical Weapons Could Fall into Hizbullah’s Hands
*Sinister Syrian suspicions resurface
*Top official sent to Moscow over Syria chemical weapons worries
*Israel can deal with Syrian threat, former strategist says
*Israeli forces demolish buildings in East Jerusalem
*Rights group: Israel using deadly force against unarmed protesters
*Ex-US envoy confirms ‘bad chemistry’ between Obama, Netanyahu
*Militants attack oil pipeline in Algeria, two dead
*Hamas says next inter-Palestinian talks in Egypt
*Israeli sources confirm blast at Iranian nuclear facility
*Iran says it sent monkey into space successfully
*Barrak’s trial: Kuwaiti activists respond with unprecedented protest
*Washington casts wary eye at Muslim Brotherhood
*Solid partnership generates economic growth in Oman
Analysis/Opinion
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Calm in Suez ahead of planned protests to defy curfew
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U.S. ‘backed plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria and blame it on Assad’s regime’
It appears the US has no qualms about inflicting humungous physical pain and killing people if it furthers its interests.