As the military imposes martial law and “calls for an end to strikes and protests” in the face of rising labor unrest:
- Egypt Revolution: Protesters Vow to Keep Pressure on Military (Christian Science Monitor)
- Muslim Brotherhood Stand by Demands (UPI)
As Hamas rejects the PA’s call for early elections, Ali Abunimah (co-founder of ElectronicIntifada.com) says, “You can’t have free and fair elections, these will be rigged elections if run by Palestinian Authority”:
- Abbas Calls for Palestinian Polls (Aljazeera)
Mir Hossein Mousavi has joined his rival Mehdi Karroubi in house arrest as the regime blocks the Internet:
“The organizers of a pro-reform protest that brought thousands of Algerians onto the streets of the capital over the weekend called Sunday for another rally next week”:
Meanwhile, in Syria, “[t]he leader of Syria’s banned Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group” warns the oppressive socialist government of Bashar al-Assad to “come to its senses”:
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