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Elections in Mauritania. By Amgad Rasmi in the pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat

"The increasing desire of students to join computer science colleges and academies reflects the desire of students and their parents to choose fields needed in the labour market." -- Al-Ahram

"Thanaweya amma is still the only transparent and fair exam in which there is no discrimination on the basis of class, status or religion." -- Magda Maurice, Rose El-Youssef

"We should request from the German authorities that they exert every effort to punish El-Sherbini's killer and the policeman who shot her husband." -- Nabil Atta , Akhbar Al-Yom

"Hamas will not be able to free any part of Gaza or force Israel to lift the blockade regardless of the tunnels it builds, the weapons it smuggles and the rockets that it aims at Israel." -- Abdel-Hamid Al-Ansari , Al-Bayan

"If the Palestinians bow to Netanyahu, Barak and Lieberman's demands in accepting a fragmented Palestinian state, recognising Israel as a Jewish state and complete normalisation, Tel Aviv will not listen to the world demand to freeze settlement building." -- Nawaf Al-Zaru , Addustour

"It is difficult for any citizen to vote for a candidate who toppled a democratically elected president, even if he wears the cloak of democracy." -- Abdel-Rahman Al-Rashed , Asharq Al-Awsat