In Gaza, Saleh Al-Naami finds the latest ideas coming out of Cairo for Palestinian reconciliation miss the core problems

Israel's robbery of Palestinian property reaches new heights with Likud's latest illegal laws and subterfuges, writes Salman Abu Sitta

Muntadhar Al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former president George W Bush, shouting "It is the farewell kiss, you dog," is out of prison but he says he now fears US intelligence agents will try to track him down and kill him...

The resignation of Lebanon's prime minister designate Saad Al-Hariri has caused the country to slide back into political crisis, reports Lucy Fielder from Beirut

Syria has accused Israel of burying nuclear waste in the occupied Golan Heights, presumably in tunnels dug in Mount Hermon. Bassel Oudat reports from Damascus

As Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi celebrated 40 years in power, problems at home and abroad are besetting the Libyan regime, writes Atiya Essawi