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Lebanon's fabric torn apart. By Mahjoob in the London- based Al-Quds Al-Arabi

"The magnitude of corruption and violations of human rights and public and private freedoms committed by the regime has reached a crescendo unprecedented in the history of the country." -- Hassan Nafaa, Al-Masry Al-Yom

"One-third of subsidised bread is offered as fodder for livestock, which means that the government spends LE5 billion on fodder." -- Momtaz El-Qott, Akhbar Al-Yom

"There is no serious housing crisis in Egypt. The problem is not a lack in supply and increase in demand but discrepancy between supply and demand." -- Makram Mohamed Ahmed, Al-Ahram

"Iranian jubilation with the report was premature for it is causing much controversy inside Israel." -- Randa Haidar, An-Nahar

"The Iranian nuclear programme had always served as a US cover for other undeclared objectives, exactly like the possession of weapons of mass destruction which the US used as a pretext to invade Iraq." -- Mahmoud Awad, Al-Hayat