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5/12/2012 3:39:42 PM
Bahrain says leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council are set to discuss the idea of a Gulf union that could begin with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to follow the European Union model
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5/12/2012 1:19:16 PM
Unmarked suspected Islamist group al-Nusra Front claims responsibility in a video for the twin blasts struck the Syrian capital Damascus that left 55 people dead and hundreds others injured
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5/12/2012 10:05:53 AM
The United States says it partially resumed sales of military supplies to Bahrain but items used for crowd control such as tear gas and stun grenades are excluded from the sales
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5/8/2012 5:01:12 PM
Mohamed Selim El-Awa confirms he is a Sunni Muslim, denies claims he follows the Shia branch of Islam
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5/8/2012 2:56:44 PM
Bahraini detained activists say they face abuse in custody and are forced to sign confessions
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5/8/2012 12:13:45 PM
Lebanon seizes 60,000 rounds of ammunition hidden in two cars on an Italian ship believed to be headed to Syria
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5/8/2012 10:44:44 AM
Interpol issues an arrest warrant for Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on charges of guiding and financing terrorist attacks
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5/1/2012 12:45:36 PM
Bahrain authorities denies entry visa for a member of the EU parliament; Shiite opposition group, Al-Wefaq condemned the action saying it is an attempt by the ruling regime to hide the real situations of the Bahraini prisoner
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4/30/2012 9:43:04 AM
Bahrain's highest appeals court orders the retrial of jailed opposition activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike since 8 February, as well as 21 other dissidents
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4/28/2012 10:57:15 AM
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4/24/2012 2:37:50 PM
Bahrain's government says it remains open to limited reform, but unease at the prospect of any power shift from the Sunni royal family to the Shi'ite majority has stifled progress
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4/22/2012 11:43:30 AM
The Formula One race in Bahrain will go on, despite threats made by Shiite protesters and security concerns over anti-government demonstrations
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4/22/2012 11:26:16 AM
Iraqi PM Nuri al-Malik pays an official visit to Tehran ahead of May meeting in Baghdad between the Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers on Iran's nuclear program
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4/21/2012 10:31:54 AM
Iraqi PM Al-Maliki accuses Turkey of trying to establish 'hegemony' in the region and brands it as a hostile state with a sectarian dimension
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4/12/2012 2:09:04 PM
Amid mounting tension btwn Kuwait's Sunnis and Shiites, lawmakers approve legislation stipulating death penalty for blaspheming God, the Prophet or his wives
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4/11/2012 1:49:27 PM
Recent attacks against Shiite-owned business group in Bahrain shows increase in growing unrest between the country's Shiite majority and the Sunni groups, amidst an ongoing 14 month uprising
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4/8/2012 4:45:50 PM
Massud Barzani warns against 'return to dictatorship' under Iraqi PM Nuri Al-Maliki, threatens secession of Kurdish region
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4/7/2012 2:01:25 PM
The conflict in Syria, pitting majority Sunnis against rulers from an offshoot of Shiite Islam, is increasing sectarian tension that is closely linked to political discord in the region
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4/7/2012 9:09:59 AM
Bahraini activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike for 58 days, was moved to a military hospital after his condition has worsened
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Opinion
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4/5/2012 6:57:41 PM
In firmly siding with the Syrian regime in its brutal onslaught to remain in power, Iran has reversed the tide of sympathy with Shiism that resulted from Hizbullah's 2006 war with Israel
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