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Breaking: Mass protests held in Morocco: Tens of thousands take to the streets in Morocco’s largest city, Casablanca.

BBC News

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets in Morocco’s largest city, Casablanca.

The rally, organised by trade unions, was believed to be the biggest since a new government took office in January.

Those taking part accused Prime Minister Benkirane of failing to deliver promised reforms.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI managed to hold off Arab Spring protests last year by curbing his powers and pledging a raft of reforms.

In [...]

Obama seeks advice on raising girls — from Turkey’s Islamist prime minister

President Barack Obama and Turkey’s controversial Islamist prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have become such bosom buddies that Erdogan is giving Obama advice on raising his American daughters.

Obama, who met with Erdogan March 25 at the nuclear summit in South Korea, has already met with Erdogan numerous times. He touted their relationship as a “friendship” in a January interview that was hyped by Erdogan’s press allies.

The two met in South [...]

ISLAMIST WILL LEAD EGYPT PARLIAMENT

 
By Leila Fadel and Ingy Hassieb, Updated: Monday, January 16, 11:55 AM

CAIRO — Liberals and Islamists in Egypt announced a temporary agreement Monday on a power-sharing plan that would install a Muslim Brotherhood leader as speaker of the country’s newly elected parliament.

The agreement among six political parties all but guarantees that the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party will lead Egypt’s first elected parliament since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in February, with the Islamist party expected to [...]

Source: U.S. Making Huge $60 Billion Arms Sale to Serbia

by Amerisrael

A reliable Pentagon source confirmed that the U.S. is selling a huge $60 billion arms package to Serbia.

The source spoke on condition of anonymity because minor details are still being hammered out.

Afterwards there will be an official announcement made by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

The Pentagon source said the huge $60 billion arms package sale to Serbia is being made to counter the increasing dangerous militant Islamist threat in the region.

The source noted Turkey’s shift away from the [...]

Reuters: Tunisian officials confirm moderate Islamist party has won country’s election

SWAP: 1,027 PALESTINIANS FOR 1 ISRAELI

(Reuters) – Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and hundreds of Palestinians crossed Israel’s borders in opposite directions on Tuesday as a thousand-for-one prisoner swap brought joy to families but did little to ease decades of conflict.

In one of the biggest ever such exchanges between the two sides, a pale and gaunt Sergeant Shalit was flown to his parents’ home in northern Israel after more than five years held incommunicado by [...]