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4/2/2012 12:23:58 PM
Al-Baath newspaper, mouthpiece of Al-Assad's ruling party, says Friends of Syria conference is a failure for interventionist forces seeking to sow discord
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3/21/2012 2:04:40 PM
The Omani capital will host the 7th annual Muscat Festival for Cinema from 24 to 30 March; Egyptian director Magdi Ahmed Ali to sit on judges' panel
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3/20/2012 2:38:03 PM
Yemen's new President Hadi says he is frustrated with the constant interference into running the country by Ali Abdullah Saleh loyalists in cabinet
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3/14/2012 1:05:57 PM
Bahrain rejected on Wednesday a new report by an international media watchdog describing the Gulf Arab state as an "enemy of the Internet" after it crushed a pro-democracy uprising last year
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3/10/2012 11:03:44 AM
As the role of the tiny Gulf island is internationally mounting, Qatar is slated to begin a series of talks with the Afghanistan government and the Taliban to put an end to the conflict between the two parties
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2/20/2012 11:00:15 AM
Uncontested vote to install Saleh's deputy, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, as president to take place on Tuesday; next govt faces struggle to prevent descent into civil war
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2/15/2012 10:44:28 AM
Bahraini government says it has deported six American "activists" who entered the country on tourist visas in the past week and were sent home after participating in illegal demonstrations
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2/12/2012 2:40:57 PM
Iran's parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani said his country will not forgive Gulf Arab nations if they continue backing US "plots" against Tehran
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1/29/2012 3:33:52 PM
Bahraini rights groups claim that at least 14 detained prominent human rights activists and opposition leaders will stage a hunger strike in solidarity with pro-democracy protests
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1/28/2012 2:34:49 PM
Foreign ministers of Turkey and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member-states held talks on the problematic domestic situation in Syria amid Western and Arab endeavours for resorting to the UN Security Council
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12/22/2011 3:03:49 PM
Tehran deepens Gulf-Iranian tensions in strong worded rejection of Gulf state accusations against Tehran
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12/21/2011 2:06:04 PM
GCC member states endorse Saudi calls to form 'single entity' in face of ostensible threat from Iran
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Business
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Economy
12/20/2011 6:49:12 PM
Gulf Arab states decided at a summit to set up a $5 billion fund to help development projects in new Gulf Cooperation (GCC) members Morocco and Jordan
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12/18/2011 12:23:36 PM
After discussions between the foreign ministers of Iran and Kuwait, Tehran releases two Kuwaitis held for a month on charges of espionage
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12/4/2011 12:48:57 PM
A military court in Bahrain has sentenced a bodybuilder and two sportsmen to one year in prison for taking part in pro-democracy protests that the Gulf Arab state crushed earlier this year
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Economy
11/15/2011 6:50:27 PM
Head of national oil producer calls for countries to make room for Libya's returning oil output
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11/12/2011 3:09:33 PM
Violence in Yemen continue for the second day as clashes erupted between peaceful protesters and forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital Sanaa
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10/21/2011 2:24:58 PM
Tens of thousands of Yemeni protesters took to the streets of the Yemeni capital Sanaa demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, galvanized by the killing of Libya's Gaddafi
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10/21/2011 11:12:13 AM
Iran's intelligence minister on Friday dismisses as "stupid" a US charge that Tehran planned to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington
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International
10/18/2011 11:01:11 AM
Yemen's Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkul Karman says the UN must act "immediately and decisively" to halt a deadly government crackdown on protesters calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign
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