Egypt’s Islamists On the Verge: Will They Make Campaign Rhetoric Reality?

Agree as the Egyptians this week in the third and final round of elections for the lower house of Parliament, the country is to establish, since in his first Islamist-dominated government and the second Islamist Parliament in the region beginning to be elected Arab revolutions in the last winter .

In Tunisia, the moderate Islamist party swept the elections Ennahda. In Egypt, the more conservative Muslim Brotherhood take over the majority. And in Libya, the results of future surveys will likely yield more conservative results.

Looking to the Stars: NASA Touts ‘Beautiful’ Meteor Shower Wednesday

Heads up for stargazers: an annual meteor shower promises early on Wednesday morning, a "short, beautiful show" worth getting - or staying - for this year.

The Quadrantids, called a little-known meteor shower after an extinctconstellation will be for a few hours after the summit on Jan. 3 04.00 clock. The Agency has billed as "an excellent chance for hardy souls begin to observe the year with some late-night meteor." (Alas, it appears only in the northernhemisphere.)

Syria: How the Arab League's Monitors Are on a 'Mission: Impossible'

Perhaps it was always going to be Mission: Impossible. The Arab League Task Force assigned to monitor compliance with Syrias an agreement to end the countrys 10-month crisis is only a week into his month-long mission, but it has already been declared a failure of activists and politicians. On Tuesday morning, a gas pipeline near the disputed city of Homs apparently blown up as a result of an attack accused, both the regime and opposition to each other, like a plot to distract the monitors. It was an unfortunate turn in a mission that is already filled with self-doubt. In fact, the Arab League has a meeting for next Saturday to discuss whether the monitors were withdrawn announced.