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9/27/2011 10:06:16 AM
Advocacy group Human Rights Watch welcomed Saudi Arabia's decision to allow women to vote and run in municipal elections but said it came too late to allow them to take part in Thursday's polls
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9/26/2011 4:01:59 PM
A few ads and a handful of posters are among rare clues visible in Saudi Arabia that it will hold a nationwide local council election on Thursday, only the second in recent memory and one that critics say is a charade
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9/26/2011 2:21:35 PM
While the Arab Spring has enhanced global interest in the Arab world, local academics have often been reduced to service providers for Western "experts" who jet in and jet out
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9/26/2011 10:29:03 AM
Syrian tanks and armoured vehicles shell the central region of Homs injuring at least three people
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9/26/2011 10:14:59 AM
Five activists on trial in the United Arab Emirates return to court on Monday facing accusations of insulting the country's rulers and using an online forum to conspire against the state
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9/26/2011 9:46:36 AM
The UN Security Council begins consultations Monday on Palestine's application for full membership of the world body, although a vote on the historic bid isn't expected for weeks
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9/26/2011 9:11:47 AM
Yemeni President Saleh makes no pledge to step down in his first address to the nation since returning home, calling for early elections in a move that is unlikely to appease protesters demanding his immediate departure
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Books
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Review
9/25/2011 6:54:15 PM
Analysis by Moataz Salama suggests that the expected change in the GCC countries is more likely to come through reform rather than revolutions
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9/25/2011 6:50:27 PM
Libyan interim authorities say they discovered a mass grave containing the remains of 1,270 inmates killed by the regime of Gaddafi in a 1996 prison massacre
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International
9/24/2011 2:19:20 PM
Thousands of Muslims gather at a broadcast rally in London Saturday to fight extremism and promote a moderate, inclusive version of Islam
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9/24/2011 1:13:18 PM
Bahrainis vote Saturday to fill parliamentary seats vacated by opposition members unhappy over government efforts to address Shia Muslim grievances in the Sunni-ruled monarchy
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9/24/2011 1:08:21 PM
In an attempt to bolster relations between royal rulers and the ruled, the UAE is going to the polls with pre-elections seminars that keep the Arab Spring in the back of their mind
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9/24/2011 11:20:33 AM
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9/24/2011 10:50:42 AM
The main opposition protest camp in Sanaa cames was under heavy mortar fire and sniper attack early on Saturday, just hours after President Saleh returned from a three-month absence calling for an end to fighting in the capital
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9/24/2011 10:22:31 AM
Palestinians bask in the joy of their historic UN bid on Saturday, but difficult questions about the move's consequences and the future of their dream of statehood
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9/23/2011 10:33:45 PM
The United Nations spokesman's office says the Palestinian statehood application has been relayed to the Security Council
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9/23/2011 9:03:57 PM
Thousands of Palestinians gathered in a central Ramallah square to watch Mahmoud Abbas say they feel great pride, but concerned of the US and Israel stance
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9/23/2011 1:02:42 PM
An opposition group in Bahrain says it plans to launch protests on Friday and Saturday ahead of parliamentary by-elections set for September 24 in the Gulf kingdom
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9/23/2011 11:39:07 AM
Since the regime of President Bashar al-Assad launched a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in March, more than 3,580 Syrians have registered as refugees with the UN in north Lebanon.
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9/23/2011 10:51:01 AM
President Bashar al-Assad is losing support among key constituents and risks plunging Syria into sectarian strife by intensifying a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, the U.S. ambassador to Damascus said
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