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Stay calm. By Bahaa Bukhari in the Palestinian Al-Ayyam

"Mubarak clearly said the peace process and normalisation are dead. And the ball is now in the Israeli court." -- Mohamed El-Shabba, Nahdet Masr

"The Egyptian personality can accomplish the impossible in any field, if it has the chance and under the right conditions." -- Al-Ahram

"These illnesses would not have spread if the government had provided the public with basic living conditions including clean water, sound nutrition for children and control over the quality of food." -- Tariq El-Ghazali Harb, Al-Masry Al-Yom

"In light of the frustrating results of the election, how can one bet on the victory of parties opposing the ruling conservatives when the elections are held under the supervision of armed militia protected by the authority?" -- Badr Abdel-Malek, Al-Bayan

"Although one cannot say that nothing happened in Tehran during the last 10 days, the political and social balances do not justify saying that the days of the Ayatollah in power are numbered." -- Hossam Eitani, Al-Hayat

"Mousavi can be regarded as a moderate Islamic liberalist who adopts the thinking of the regime, but hates its leaders." -- Abdel-Rahman Al-Rashed, Asharq Al-Awsat