Egyptian Islamic activist detained at Gaza border (click here)
Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:25pm EST
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces detained an Islamist opposition activist on Saturday as he crossed into Egypt from the Gaza Strip, saying they believed he had entered Gaza illegally via a cross-border tunnel, security sources said.
The sources said that Magdy Ahmed Hussein, the head of the Islamist-oriented Labor party, was carrying no papers other than a driving license when he tried to return to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing.
The government suspended the activities of Hussein's party in 2000, partly due to its links with the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group.
For the 1.5 million people in the Gaza Strip, the tunnels have become a main source of goods, including fuel, since Israel tightened its embargo after Hamas seized control of Gaza from the forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007....
Netanyahu says Iran will not get hands on nukes (click here)
By ARON HELLER – 2 hours ago
JERUSALEM (AP) — Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's leading candidate for prime minister, said Saturday that Iran "will not be armed with a nuclear weapon."
In an interview with Israel's Channel 2 TV, Netanyahu said if elected prime minister his first mission will be to thwart the Iranian nuclear threat. Netanyahu, the current opposition leader and head of the hardline Likud party, called Iran the greatest danger to Israel and to all humanity....
Livni to Cypriot FM: Confiscate weapons from Iranian ship (click here)
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent and The Associated Press
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni spoke to her Cypriot counterpart Markos Kyprianou by phone and requested that he act toward confiscating weapons aboard the ship that were allegedly on their way from Iran to Syria. Livni emphasized that the passage of the weapons is in contravention of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747 that prohibits trade in weapons with Iran because of its ongoing nuclear program.
The saga of a ship suspected of carrying arms from Iran to Gaza grew more complicated Saturday as Cypriot authorities searched the ship, then backed away from previous assertions that it was violating United Nations resolutions.
Authorities will now conduct a second search, the Cypriot foreign minister said. ...
Replacing Hillary Clinton is no small task, but, Gillibrand was a 'natural' choice for the Governor of New York. Coming from the 20th District of New York (click here) as a US House Representative, Ms. Gillibrand is likely to be re-elected. She is popular in her district and would carry it in any national election. That would give this Democrat a 'leg up' on winning repeatedly. Her district is 'sought' after by the RNC as a must win in the next House election.
