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Bin Laden's verbal message to Obama. By Sherif Arafah in the Egyptian daily Rose El-Youssef

"Local government bodies failed to understand the magnitude of the flooding and did not act quickly enough to cushion the blow." -- Al-Ahram

"People living in border cities suffer from flagrant discrimination which manifests itself in poverty, social injustice, deficiency in services, absence in security and the consequent spread of extremism and crime." -- Mohamed El-Shabba , Nahdet Masr

"Why don't we ever see a leader in the Arab world who acknowledges his failures, or his inability to resolve a problem, or attempts to change an official of a political party who fails to deliver?" -- Mohamed Mustafa Shordi , Al-Wafd

"Today, Mitchell appears like a peddler rather than an astute politician. He is trying to sell second-hand goods that nobody wants to buy." -- Osama Al-Sherif , Addustour

"The recent Israeli threats against Lebanon are reminiscent of the threats that preceded its aggression against Lebanon in 1982 and 2006." -- Al-Bayan