Nora Younis provides an eyewitness account of the Sudanese refugee sit-in in Egypt that erupted in violence when police stormed the protest center, which had been set up in an upscale Cairo neighborhood in front of the UN refugee office. The three-month sit in came to an end when police used water canons and beat refugees as an audience of Egyptians stood by and cheered. As one Sudanese refugee told

From Ynet News: The U.S. government has called on NATO members to prepare for a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the German daily Der Spiegel reported Saturday. NATO officials said the United States is seriously weighing the possibility of military action against Iran. Seems unlikely on it’s face, but at the same time, President Bush has been adamant that he will not allow Iran nuclear weapons, and it seems