The death of a Texan soldier in Baghdad brings the total number of US troops killed in Iraq to 3,000, independent groups tracking casualties have said.
2006, year of crackdowns on blogging
A roundup of the regional cyber-crackdown last year.
Cairo vigil remembers police killing of Sudan refugees
Egyptian rights activists held a candlelit vigil in central Cairo alongside a heavy police presence to commemorate the killing of 28 Sudanese refugees when police stormed their camp a year ago.