EGYPT

The candidates for Egypt's first free presidential elections in decades are set, the deadline having expired at 2 p.m. Cairo time on Sunday, and the final list is a microcosm of the current political and social divisions in post-revolution Egypt.

Millions of Internet users in Iran will be permanently denied access to the World Wide Web and cut off from popular social networking sites and email services, as the government has announced its plans to establish a national Intranet within five months.

A bid for power by Hosni Mubarak's former intelligence chief is an insult to Egypt's revolution that, if successful, would trigger a second nationwide revolt, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for Egypt's presidency said Sunday.

Omar Suleiman, Egypt's vice president under Hosni Mubarak from Jan. 29 to Feb. 11 last year, has declared his intention to run as a candidate in the country's presidential election this spring.

Jewish families around the world are celebrating Passover with the traditional seder meal.

Khairat al-Shater, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate for the upcoming presidential elections in Egypt, has pledged to accommodate clerical interests and the Islamic Shariah while framing new legislation in a bid to ensure undivided radical Islamist support.

The White House defended Thursday the Obama administration's meetings with a delegation from Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, saying it needs to establish dialogue with the now-dominant Islamic party.

The Jewish holiday of Passover takes place each Spring based on the Hebrew Calendar and lasts eight days (seven if you are in Israel). The focal point of the holiday is the Seder(s) [translation:order, arrangement] which takes place on the first two nights of the holiday, but Passover extends for an entire week. Keep reading to learn the holiday's history and how to observe Passover at home.

Cartman was at it against last night on Comedy Central, as he did his best to convince the residents of South Park (or at least the stupidest ones) that the Jewpacabra, a close relative of the mysterious chupacabra monster, was on the loose and threatening to turn the annual Easter egg hunt into a bloodbath. Of course the entire plot backfires on Cartman, with hilarious, historic and extremely shocking results. Watch the full episode here.

Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, a conservative Islamist candidate for the Egyptian presidency, is accusing opponents' supporters of forging California public records indicating that his mother was an American citizen.

A rocket exploded in the Israeli resort town of Eilat early Thursday morning. No one was injured when the rocket landed in a construction site near a residential neighborhood.

Neslisah Sultan, the twice exiled Ottoman princess, died Monday. She was 91.

Preparations are underway across the world among Jewish communities to celebrate the holiday and festival of Passover, commemorating the story of Exodus or the departure of the Israelites from ancient Egypt as described in the Hebrew Bible.

By deciding to field a candidate in Egypt's upcoming presidential election, the long-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood has turned a corner. So has Khairat al-Shater, the chosen Islamist contender for the top job in Egypt post-Hosni Mubarak.

Iran is helping Syria skirt the sanctions imposed on it by the US and other Western countries by providing it with a vessel to transport oil to China, Reuters has reported quoting sources.

The new iPad's A5X chip is the most powerful yet. Apple claimed that the chip offers four times the performance of the Nvidia Tegra 3. Is that true?

The power struggle between Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the military-appointed government has escalated with the Islamists in the parliament drawing up a no-confidence motion against the government.

French authorities have ordered the brother of an al Qaeda-inspired killer to be detained on suspicion of complicity in his sibling's assassination of three Jewish children, a rabbi and three soldiers.

Eva Sandler, the widow of rabbi Jonathan Sandler and mother of Gabriel Sandler (3) and Arieh Sandler (5), who were killed by the gunman in the French city of Toulouse, has sent out a message to the Jewish community in memory of her family.

Despite the ongoing controversy over Egyptian crackdowns on foreign and American NGOs, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the U.S. will resume annual military aid payments to Egypt of $1.3 billion.

On Friday, Israel allowed nine Egyptian tankers carrying nearly half a million liters of industrial fuel to pass through the Kerem Shalom border crossing and into Gaza, enough to run the plant for about a day.