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Since Muslims began their daily dawn-to-dusk fast for the holy month of Ramadan two weeks ago, Egypt has been hit by its worst power outages in decades.

A SUICIDE bomber sat for hours yesterday among hundreds of army recruits before detonating nail-packed explosives strapped to his body, killing 61 people and casting new doubt on the ability of Iraqi forces as US troops head home.

The Western allies must show genuine commitment to getting the Middle Eastern peace process back on track if they are to maintain Muslim support for military action in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Tony Blair said today.