Egypt arrests several leading members of Muslim Brotherhood, banned but powerful opposition group, and more than 140 student members, after demonstration at Al Azhar University in which students clad in militant-type clothing parade through campus while performing what looks like martial exercises; government says group has formed militant squads that plan 'acts of unrest'; Azhar students claim they were protesting being barred from offering slate in student government elections (M)...

Israel refuses to allow Palestinian Prime Min Ismail Haniya to return home to Gaza Strip from Egypt, saying tens of millions of dollars in cash that he was carrying could be used for terrorist attacks; seven-hour standoff ends when Haniya agrees to leave money with Hamas officials staying behind in Egypt; during his lengthy wait, dozens of angry gunmen from his Hamas movement shoot up Rafah border terminal; several Hamas officials have ferried huge sums of cash into Gaza since group came to power early this year, saying money is desperately needed to pay government salaries after cutoff of Western assistance; Palestinians face multiple crises: their continuing conflict with Israel, their own internecine battles and their worsening financial plight (M)...

3i Infotech exhibited PREMIA, its Web-based Integrated Insurance Management System, at ISOTech 2006, the prestigious Insurance Technology Conference, held in Florida, US, from November 12 to 14, 2006.

The announcement added momentum to calls for a regional approach to quell the increasingly anarchic war in Iraq.

London - November 29, 2006 - Award winning solutions provider for the Insurance industry, 3i Infotech, has partnered with Oracle, the world's largest enterprise software company to launch a Technology Centre of Excellence for Insurance.

If true, historians say, this would be the earliest known application of concrete technology.

As the summit meeting between President Bush and Iraq’ s prime minister concluded, the Arab world was left dumbfounded that nothing had come of it.