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3/1/2011 4:43:57 PM
Prominent Bahraini activist talks: the conditions where political detainees are held and warned Bahrain of more violence and bloodshed
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2/26/2011 4:16:41 PM
Opposition leader Hassan Mashaima returned to Bahrain from self-imposed exile on Saturday, as thousands of demonstrators marched in the capital Manama to demand the Sunni rulers stand down
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2/23/2011 6:10:09 PM
Bahrain freed 23 people accused of trying to topple the island's Sunni Muslim monarchy, however protesters vow to continue demonstrations and political parties request government resignations
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2/21/2011 6:00:55 AM
Plans by an exiled Shi'ite leader to return home raised the stakes in a power struggle in Sunni-ruled Bahrain on Monday, as mainly Shi'ite protesters in Manama's Pearl Square pressed demands for a new government
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2/18/2011 10:38:09 AM
Bahrainis began burying victims of a violent police crackdown on anti-regime demonstrations
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2/15/2011 3:04:29 PM
Bahrain's king is sorry for the death of protesters
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2/15/2011 11:38:49 AM
Two killed as protests erupt in Bahrain and demonstrators clash with security forces
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2/7/2011 4:19:51 PM
Two roadside bomb attacks on Monday in a Sunni Arab town south of the Iraqi capital killed five people, including three soldiers
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1/25/2011 11:44:54 AM
Hezbollah-backed tycoon Mikati gains majority backing in Lebanese parliament, as thousands gather to protest in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli
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1/25/2011 10:58:44 AM
In the Sunni stronghold of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, hundreds of people are gathering to protest the likely appointment of Hezbollah-backed businessman Mikati
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1/24/2011 4:59:11 PM
Lebanon's Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said he backed Najib Mikati in talks to name a new prime minister on Monday, giving him the parliamentary majority to lead a new government
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1/24/2011 12:14:42 PM
As the president begins consultations over who to name as the next premier, the former prime minister's candidacy is said by fellow coalition government members to be 'treason'
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12/25/2010 2:44:16 PM
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12/22/2010 10:18:01 AM
Egyptians must ask themselves if a stagnated relationship with Iran is really in their best interest, or whether they ought to rethink and revitalize their cooperation with this regional power.
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12/18/2010 3:43:13 PM
Clashes erupted between crowds of Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims on Ashoura were safely contained by Saudi security forces
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12/15/2010 3:00:24 PM
After months of Iraqi political division, a deal between Al-Iraqiya and the State of Law Coalition looks to bring the post-election nightmare to an end
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12/15/2010 2:25:33 PM
A pair of suicide bomb blasts outside a mosque in Iran killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 100 on Wednesday during a Shia mourning ceremony, local media reported
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12/14/2010 12:12:57 PM
Iraqi forces will provide security for Ashura ceremonies this week in Karbala with no active support from US forces, in a key test of their capabilities ahead of an American pullout in a year
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12/13/2010 11:00:00 AM
Barzani's recent call for self-determination for the kurds has drawn the ire of the country's Sunni and Shiite Arab leaders
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12/12/2010 10:31:57 AM
A suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives in the centre of the western Iraqi city of Ramadi Sunday, killing eight people including six policemen, police and a doctor said
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