Iraq Body Count, a British non-governmental agency that tracks only confirmed deaths, released its estimate of war fatalities. They calculated that about 162,000 people died from violence that took place since the beginning of the war in 2003 until its formal end last month. At least 114,000 of those were civilians.
A representative from Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is indicating the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty may be reconsidered and put to a popular referendum. "People will express their opinions on it," said Rashad Bayoumi, deputy Supreme Leader of the Brotherhood whose...
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