"It's just that in this case, both the main route and the backup route got cut for a lot of companies."

The lines that tie the globe together by carrying phone calls and Internet traffic are just two-thirds of an inch thick where they lie on the ocean floor. via The Jersey Journal

"As the banner was posted ... by a webmaster of the forum, it seems as if the announcement of his death has been confirmed to the forum administrators"

CAIRO, Egypt - Abu Laith al-Libi, a top al Qaeda commander in Afghanistan who was blamed for bombing a base while Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting last year, has been killed, according to a militant Web ... via Detroit Free Press

Israeli officials in Egypt to enlist its help in ending the Palestinian exodus from the Gaza Strip were told they created the problem, an Arabic newspaper said. via The Post Chronicle

"This is a dangerous legal precedent that allows Israel to continue to violate the rights of Gaza residents and deprive them of basic humanitarian needs in violation of international law"

The Israeli Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the government's decision to slash fuel and electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip. via CJAD

"Maybe some people think that the U.S. is applying pressure to stop the return of relations between Egypt and Iran but President Mubarak has said that he does not accept any pressure from the U.S. and that his positions are based on Egypt's interests."

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held talks with Iran's parliament speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel Wednesday, the first such high-level meeting since the two nations froze ties almost 30 years ago. via Tehran Times

"There has been a cable cut on several cable systems in Alexandria, Egypt which has impacted internet connectivity in India"

A breakdown in an international undersea cable network badly disrupted Internet links to India and Egypt on Wednesday. via Reuters