Expect modest US gains from thaw with Syria: analysts (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Obama team may get modest benefits from ending a five-year chill with Damascus but will find it hard, if not impossible to peel Syria way from hardline ally Iran and break the Arab-Israeli stalemate, analysts said.
Egypt arrests 3 top Muslim Brotherhood leaders (AP via Yahoo! News)
The No. 2 leader of Egypt’s opposition Muslim Brotherhood and two other top figures were arrested by police Monday in a dawn sweep targeting members of the nation’s most powerful opposition group.
Egypt Tourism Fell in 2009, Set to Recover This Year (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Egypt, home to the pyramids of Giza, recorded a slower-than-anticipated decline in tourism revenue last year and is targeting 6.9 percent growth in receipts in 2010 as the global economy recovers, the tourism minister said.
UN urges Egypt, Arab League to press Israel on Gaza (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Filippo Grandi, on Monday urged Egypt and the Arab League to press Israel to allow reconstruction equipment into the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Egypt nixes plan to put pyramids on flag (EARTHtimes.org)
Cairo – The head of Egypt’s upper house of parliament refused to consider a plan to change the country’s flag to include the Giza Pyramids, a government daily reported on Tuesday. Lawmaker Hussein Abdel-Samei had on Monday suggested placing an image …
Egypt: Police Arrest 3 Top Figures of a Powerful Opposition Group (New York Times)
The police arrested three top figures of the Muslim Brotherhood, the country s most powerful opposition group, as part of a continuing crackdown since the group recently chose new leadership.
Fabio Capello will speak to Wayne Bridge if he is selected for England against Egypt (Daily Telegraph)
Fabio Capello will only speak to Wayne Bridge about John Terry affair if the left-back is selected for friendly against Egypt.
Egypt arrests top 3 opposition leaders (MSNBC)
The No. 2 leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and two other top figures are arrested in a sweep targeting members of the nation’s most powerful opposition group.
Jordan s Arab Bank Has Annual Profit of $783 Million (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — Arab Bank Plc , Jordan s largest lender, said 2009 profit before tax was $783 million. The bank didn t provide a comparable figure for the previous year.
Amazing Race’s Jeff and Jordan: We Fought A Lot (TV Guide)
While many Amazing Race contestants wait months sometimes years to get selected for the globe-trotting reality series, Big Brother sweethearts Jeff Schroeder , 31, and Jordan Lloyd , 23, only had to wait days. “Just a couple days after Big Brother ended, production came up to us and asked if we were interested in doing Amazing Race ,” Jordan, who won Big Brother 11 last summer (Jeff won fan …
