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10/3/2011 10:16:35 AM
The Arab Spring has left Israel "increasingly isolated," the US defence secretary says as he arrived in Tel Aviv ,warning military might could not make up for a weakened diplomatic position
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10/2/2011 11:55:40 AM
The Yemeni youth movement has called for the embattled president to face trial in the International Criminal Court
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10/2/2011 10:58:44 AM
This year's Nobel season opens Monday with the Medicine Prize announcement
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10/1/2011 11:11:32 AM
Renewed violence in Syria claimed at least 19 lives, as Washington summoned the Syrian ambassador over the attempted assault of the US ambassador in Damascus
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9/27/2011 3:49:42 PM
A group of 38 women and seven girls arrested last week during a protest against Bahrain's parliamentary by-elections have reportedly been tortured or ill-treated, Amnesty International said
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9/27/2011 12:00:21 PM
Iran says its foreign minister has met his Bahraini counterpart for the first time since the two neighboring countries withdrew their ambassadors over quelling of Shiite-led protests in Manama
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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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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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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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