DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The North Korean deal proves once again that you are rewarded if you have nukes. Else be prepared for the fate of Saddam Hussein!

AMMAN -- It was an usually quiet day in Iraq on Friday in terms of violence, but the debate over a long-term security and military pact that the Iraqi government is secretly negotiating with the United States continued to raise a political storm among leaders eager to regain sovereignty over their country.

What the Arab papers said on July 4:

CAIRO -- Five months after a global media frenzy was sparked by the appointment in Egypt of the Islamic worlds first female Islamic notary, 32-year-old Amal Soliman, now out of the international spotlight, sits patiently at home, still waiting to begin her first day at work, while her male peers are fighting to force the mother of three out of the job.

AMMAN -- The Turkish ruling party was Thursday fighting for its legal survival in a very lengthy defense argument to the constitutional court, refuting charges that it poses a threat to the secular system and using the European Union card to pressure the highest court against attempts to ban the party.

BADAKHSHAN, Afghanistan -- The bazaar sits on a small island in the river Panj, a narrow expanse of shallow but fast-flowing water that is all that separates the Badakhshan region of Tajikistan from the Afghan province of the same name. On either side loom the Pamir mountains, a range of high peaks that cuts the region off from the rest of the world.

What the Arab papers said on July 3:

AMMAN -- The British government has deemed that the armed wing of the Lebanese Hezbollah organization is a terrorist branch because of its alleged support to Iraqi Shiite insurgents and Palestinian militant groups, a move that adds pressure on the Lebanese movement to disarm.

UPDATED: At least four people were killed and 44 were wounded – one seriously, one moderately and 42 lightly – shortly after noon Wednesday when a Palestinian from East Jerusalem went on a rampage and deliberately ploughed a bulldozer into as many vehicles as he could in the center of Jerusalem.

What the Arab papers said on July 2: