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Streaming in Arabic right now, on the Al Jazeera Arabic news site. Using translation software to read realtime in English. Ticker says that HAMAS has made an official statement of support welcoming the current advance of anti-Ghaddafi rebels in Tripoli, Libya.Link to the original Arabic.

The Obama administration is pushing the Egyptian government to present a "clear timeline" for the political change that will include President Hosni Mubarak's exit -- even while Obama officials try to assure that the process is orderly and doesn't present an opportunity for one repressive government to be replaced by another repressive government. The push for a clear timeline was made on Saturday by Vice President Biden in a phone conversation with Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman. Senior administration sources tell ABC News that the president is trying to thread the needle -- not pushing Mubarak out too soon, before...

* State TV says lines to Jordan, Israel affected * Islamist groups called for pipeline attack - SITE * Security source say army closes main source of flow CAIRO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Saboteurs blew up a pipeline that runs through Egypt's North Sinai and supplies gas to Israel, state television and other sources reported on Saturday. State TV quoted an official as saying that the "situation is very dangerous and explosions were continuing from one spot to another" along the pipeline. "It is a big terrorist operation", a state TV reporter said. A security source said the Egyptian army...