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In the Palestinian daily Al-Ayam; the Arab League and the G7, EU and WTO

"Marawan and his wife Mona Abdel-Nasser were among the precious few invitees to Gamal Mubarak's wedding ceremony in Sharm El-Sheikh, a celebration to which many of the state's senior officials and ministers were not invited." -- Said Abdel-Khalek , Al-Wafd

"Perhaps the time has come to reveal the true story of Ashraf Marawan and the Mossad to defend the controversial man who certainly did great services for Egyptian national security." -- Makram Mohamed Ahmed , Al-Ahram

"The problem is that people don't feel that there is a problem [in Cairo] for they have gotten used to the pavements occupied by street vendors and cars." -- Mohamed Ali Ibrahim , Al-Gomhuriya

"French foreign policy under Sarkozy will not be as dull, cynical, and ultimately pointless as it was under Chirac." -- Amir Taheri , Asharq Al-Awsat

If Blair boycotts Hamas, his mission is doomed. If he establishes contact with Hamas... he will anger Washington and its Israeli ally, and will soon be out of a job." -- Patrick Seale, Al-Hayat