The French vote in the presidential elections. By Muwafaq Farzat of Al-Watan of Saudi Arabia;

The bottom falls out from under Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki. In Al-Sharq of Qatar, by Alaa;

Sectarian strife in Iraq in Al-Ayam of Bahrain. By Khaled Al-Hashemi;

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. By Galal Al-Rifaai of Jordan's Al-Dostour ;

'we went out to demonstrate with blank posters.' By Makhlouf in Egypt's Al-Dostour

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