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Daybreak: Yet Another Pipeline Explosion

Plus likely no new sanctions against Iran, and more in the news

by
Marc Tracy
November 10, 2011
The pipeline explosion last night.(-/AFP/Getty Images)
The pipeline explosion last night.(-/AFP/Getty Images)

• Another day, another explosion on the Sinai natural gas pipeline that leads to Israel and Jordan—the seventh since January. [Reuters/JPost]

• Due to Russian and Chinese opposition as well as concerns about the energy market, new international sanctions on Iran following the IAEA report are quite unlikely. [Haaretz]

• The youthful movements that catalyzed the Tahrir Square protests that brought President Hosni Mubarak down are expected to play a decidedly undersized role in forthcoming Egyptian elections. [NYT]

• The damage control from the White House over the Sarakozy/open mic flap is as persuasive as you want it to be. [Ynet]

• The Supreme Court upheld former President Moshe Katzav’s rape conviction and seven-year sentence. [Haaretz]

• Israel ordered the extradition of a Jewish man accused of assaulting a black man in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in 2008 and then fleeing the country. [AP/WP]

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.