Egypt leader said to reach out to Sinai radicals ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press by Maggie Michael - August 29, 2012 - 12:00am Egypt's Islamist president is using former jihadists to mediate with radical Islamists in Sinai, trying to ensure a halt in militant attacks in return for a stop in a military offensive in the lawless peninsula, participants in the talks say. » Read more

Former Israeli commandos dominate politics ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press by Aron Heller - August 29, 2012 - 12:00am When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to fill a sensitive Cabinet post recently, he turned to an old army buddy from his days in an elite commando unit. His choice for minister of civil defense, Avi Dichter, replaced another graduate of the legendary Sayeret Matkal unit. Netanyahu's defense minister and vice premier, as well as Israel's opposition leader, also served there. » Read more

Witness to Rachel Corrie’s Death Responds to Israeli Court Ruling Absolving Soldier ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Robert Mackey - August 28, 2012 - 12:00am As my colleagues Jodi Rudoren and Danielle Ziri report, an Israeli judge ruled on Tuesday that the state bore no responsibility for the death of Rachel Corrie, an American activist who was crushed to death by a military bulldozer in 2003 as she tried to block the demolition of a Palestinian home in Gaza. Ms. Corrie, who was a student at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., joined the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement in January 2003, and was killed two months later in the Gazan town of Rafah, which straddles the border with Egypt. » Read more