The civil war flares up in Somalia. By Khaled Al-Hashemi in Al-Ayam of Bahrain.

America extends a hand and the EU throws a lifeline to Tony Blair over the 15 British sailors detained in Iran. By Hameed Atta in Al-Khaleej of the UAE

"And I didn't like the emergency law!" By Amr Okasha in the Egyptian opposition daily Al-Wafd.

"The fashion these days is German measles." By Amr Selim in the weekly Egyptian magazine Rose El-Youssef on the recent spread of the disease in Egypt

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