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Gaza-Egypt Border To Open For Three Days The main border crossing between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and Egypt will be opened for three days starting on Saturday under a deal between the Islamist group and Cairo, a Hamas official said on Thursday. Myanmar Qualifies What It Wants In Cyclone Recovery After snubbing a U.S. aid offer, Myanmar's isolationist regime indicated Friday that it wants foreign relief supplies but not foreign workers to help recover from a devastating cyclone.

• House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Cheney Chief Of Staff On Interrogation Practices • Sami al-Hajj Hits Out at US Captors • U.S. Senate Revives Plan To Ban CIA From 'Waterboarding' Detainees • Saudi Lawyer Awarded US Human Rights Prize • U.S. Extends N.Korea Human Rights Act

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Another Berlin Airlift Needed But in Gaza It is surely reasonable enough to expect Arab nations to support their Palestinian brethren, but it seems not all are doing so. Pledges made at Annapolis, Maryland, last November have fallen short of what was promised. Critic Accuses Hollywood of Vilifying Arabs American films and TV dramas shot since the Sept. 11 attacks have reinforced screen images of Arabs and Muslims as fanatics and villains, ingraining harmful stereotypes, argues an author on the subject.

• On Gaza Border, People Seek Peace • Trials Of Muslim Charities Likened To A Witch-Hunt • The Mindset of Modern Muslimah • Ignoring The Madness in Gaza Is No different From Approving It • Every Day Is Earth Day – For Muslims, Too!

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Egypt's Facebook Girl Abdel Fatah who works in a private company as a Human Resources coordinator has suddenly become one of the most prominent detained figures arrested on charges of inciting a strike and causing disruption and rioting. A Bridge to Peace Muslim Peacemaker To Speak In International Falls Sami Rasouli's impassioned defense of peace arises not only from the war's devastations, but also from his own inner conflict — the result of watching the two countries that he loves at war.

• Ladies' Love Literature Stirs Up Nigeria's Muslim North • Women in Muslim World • Mouchidat - Morocco's Female Muslim Clerics • CNN's Sanchez Asks Young Muslim Voters Leading Questions on War, Obama • PBS Presents: America At A Crossroads May 8, 2008 - Featuring Azhar Usman of 'Allah Made Me Funny'