CAIRO (AFP) — Egyptians were voting Tuesday in runoffs for the first phase of parliamentary polls, which the opposition Muslim Brothers charged were rife with fraud by President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party. Of the 164 first-phase seats, most of the 133 still undecided contests were pitting candidates from the ruling …

RAMALLAH — Palestinian and Israeli negotiators yesterday reached an agreement on opening the Gaza-Egypt border at Rafah after a marathon negotiations session chaired by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Quartet envoy James Wolfensohn. The deal allows for the Rafah crossing to be opened on November 25 under Palestinian …

“Turkey together with Azerbaijanians tries to shatter the stability in the region; she is interested in shattering of stability.” The representative of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the deputy chief of press-service of MD, colonel Nikolay Baranov came out with such a sensational statement. This information was reported by …