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8/16/2011 11:44:27 AM
A commission probing rights abuses in Bahrain says it will receive abuse complaints online after closing its office to visitors
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8/16/2011 11:10:15 AM
Syrian tanks opens fire on poor Sunni districts in Latakia, residents said, the fourth day of a military assault on the northern port city aimed at crushing protests against President Bashar al-Assad
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8/15/2011 11:39:52 AM
Syrian forces shelled a residential district in Latakia on Monday, the third day of an assault on Sunni neighbourhoods of the port city which had seen mounting protests against President Bashar's autocratic rule
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7/29/2011 10:55:58 AM
Syrian security forces shot dead three civilians in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Thursday, residents said, in a new effort to try to crush widening Sunni Muslim unrest against President Bashar al-Assad
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7/2/2011 3:07:51 PM
Bahrain's Sunni rulers opened a "national dialogue" Saturday aimed at getting reforms back on track, buoyed by an 11th-hour decision by the main Shiite opposition bloc to take part
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7/2/2011 11:44:42 AM
Bahrain's main Shiite opposition grouping, the Islamic National Accord Association (Al-Wefaq) is to join a "national dialogue" being launched by the Sunni rulers later Saturday
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6/28/2011 12:48:06 PM
Days before Bahrain's Sunni rulers hope to open talks with the Shiite opposition they crushed, the country's most powerful pro-reform bloc asks supporters a pivotal question: Whether to join or snub the dialogue
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6/23/2011 1:11:04 PM
The Kuwaiti parliament votes down a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad
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6/17/2011 4:15:54 PM
At least four people were injured in clashes between Sunnis and Alawites in a protest against Syria's regime in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli
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6/2/2011 5:16:31 PM
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5/22/2011 12:13:32 PM
A special Bahrain court upheld on Sunday death sentences for two Shiites convicted of killing two policemen during unrest that hit the Sunni-ruled kingdom
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5/18/2011 10:41:44 AM
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5/8/2011 11:43:37 AM
At least 18 people were killed in fighting between security officers and prisoners at an Iraqi Interior Ministry jail complex in Baghdad on Sunday
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4/29/2011 5:00:17 PM
A Sunni imam's family and four Sunni brothers were killed in separate incidents in central Iraq on Friday, hours after a suicide bomber killed 10 Shiite worshipers in a nearby mosque
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4/27/2011 2:29:30 PM
Analysts identify sectarian tensions in Syria between ruling Alawites and majority Sunnis as threatening to cross the border into Lebanon, adding to its troubles
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4/18/2011 4:18:05 PM
Bahrain's prime minister considers protests and calls for reform an attempted coup d'etat
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4/13/2011 2:42:44 PM
The 11 May summit in Baghdad could be delayed 'indefinitely' as Gulf states seek backing for their proposal to cancel the event
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4/10/2011 4:14:52 PM
A Bahraini activist dies in regime custody after reportedly "causing chaos in detention" and receiving several injuries, while another is found dead in his cell
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4/2/2011 1:16:44 PM
Bloody Tikrit attack was a response to 'crimes against Sunnis'
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3/23/2011 8:40:43 PM
The Iraqi Football Federation (IFF) said on Wednesday that it will take action against clubs that do not take steps to stop fans from hurling political, religious or racist insults during games
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