Links 15 October 2010

• Sudan row over Abyei escalates - Al Jazeera English
  Things heating up.
• Postcard From Palestine | The Nation
  Moving piece from Hebron.
• Does Egypt need international election observers? | Al-Masry Al-Youm
  Debunking Egypt's argument that it doesn't.

Plus this tab-dump:

• Hamas and the peace talks: Contradictory noises | The Economist
• Can Sudan Avoid a Return to Civil War in 2011?
• The Copts of Egypt: Specific Problems and General Tension
• U.S.–Egyptian Relations on the Eve of Egypt’s Elections