几次民调显示，Amr Moussa和Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh在总统决选中不相上下。这次辩论很高调，两家私人电视网络都有播放，使两人有机会直接对抗，这种形式对阿拉伯国家来说很新鲜。每人都被提问了大量问题，包括如何限制总统的权力，以确保不会成为独裁者。他们还可以互相挑战提问。Amr Moussa攻击对手作为强大的穆斯林兄弟组织前领导人的履历，而Mr Aboul Fotouh则称前外长为“被废制度的残存者”。

The polls have closed in Algeria's parliamentary elections. Dozens of new parties have been taking part, but the interior ministry has said just 35% of the electorate turned out to cast their ballots.

阿尔及利亚议会选举已告结束，几十个新党派也加入进去，但内政部长称有35%的选民投了弃权票。

Reports in the United States suggest that an undercover agent who helped foil a bomb plot by infiltrating al-Qaeda in Yemen was a British man. The bomb was hidden in underwear and intended to be detonated on board a passenger plane flying to the US, but instead, the would-be suicide bomber gave the device to US intelligence. Here's Gordon Corera.

来自美国的报道称，渗入也门基地组织并帮助挫败一起爆炸阴谋的秘密特工是一名英国人。这枚炸弹藏在内衣里，本要在一架飞往美国的客机上引爆，但相反，这位准自杀式炸弹袭击者却把设备交给了美国情报机关。Gordon Corera报道。