Cartoonist: Muhammad Sadeq Al-Shafi'

Source: 'Okaz, Saudi Arabia, August 30, 2010

Sudan has announced that the partners to the peace agreement have achieved a breakthrough regarding a referendum on independence for the south of the country, and that the referendum has been set for January 9, 2011.

Somali President Al-Sheikh Sharif has called on the international community to rescue his regime following Al-Qaeda threats against him.

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, August 31, 2010

The London daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi criticized Libyan leader Mu'ammar Al-Qaddafi for saying during a visit to Italy that Islam must be the predominant religion in Europe.

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, London, August 31, 2010

Al-Arabiya TV director Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed wrote in an article that it is still early to express optimism regarding the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations.

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has met with Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi, for the first time in five years, with the aim of turning over a new leaf in relations with Iran.

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Hamas spokesman Isma'il Radwan said that International Qods (Jerusalem) Day, started by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, will be held this year with signals of the broad Iranian support for Palestine and for Jerusalem, in the face of the Arabs' failure in their attitude towards Palestine.

Sadr Al-Din Sadr, the son of imam Moussa Sadr, the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council head who disappeared 32 years ago, says that his father is still alive and is being held in a Libyan prison.

Source: Al-Quds Al-Arabi, London, August 31, 2010

Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam behind the planned Islamic center near Ground Zero, stated that the real battle is not between Muslims and non-Muslims, but between the moderates and extremists in each religion.

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, August 31, 2010

Fatah spokesman Ahmad 'Asaf said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's demand for recognition of Israel as a Jewish state will be rejected out of hand.