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	AU Pushes for Sudan Talks
(photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti)
AU Pushes for Sudan Talks
Wall Street Journal
By NICHOLAS BARIYO | KAMPALA, Uganda—The African Union has mounted pressure on oil-producing Sudan and South Sudan as it seeks to bring the two back to the negotiating table amid hostilities along their oil-rich border. | Former South African President and African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki tr...
NATO leaders seek common path out of Afghanistan
(photo: EC / EC)
NATO leaders seek common path out of Afghanistan
Daily Press
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO leaders gather in Chicago on Sunday for a summit that will chart a path out of Afghanistan, as Western nations seek to fend off fissures in their alliance and ensure Afghanistan can hold a still-potent Taliban at bay when foreign troops withdraw. | President Barack Obama h...
Violent clashes erupt in Damascus
The Australian
| FIERCE fighting between regime troops and armed rebels have rocked parts of the Syrian capital Damascus overnight. | "Violent clashes broke out between rebel fighters and regime troops at a checkpoint in Kafr Sousa district,'' the Syrian Obser...
Women gain power in Bahrain journalists' board
Gulf News
| Manama: Three female journalists have been elected to the board of the Bahrain Journalists Association, confirming their growing role in the field. | Samah Allam from Al Watan newspaper, Ahdeya Ahmad, the head of Bahrain TV 55, and Aisha Al Siddiq,...
Violent clashes erupt in Damascus
The Daily Telegraph Australia
| FIERCE fighting between regime troops and armed rebels have rocked parts of the Syrian capital Damascus overnight. | "Violent clashes broke out between rebel fighters and regime troops at a checkpoint in Kafr Sousa district,'' the Syrian Obser...
G8 piles pressure on Iran; vows 'timely' supplies to oil mkts
Indian Express
| Piling up pressure on Iran, the leaders of the world's eight most powerful economies have asked it to swiftly address all outstanding issues related to its nuclear programme and vowed to ensure that crude markets are "fully and timely" supplied des...
A man holds up a child during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime in the outskirts of Idlib, northern Syria, Sunday Feb. 26, 2012.
AP / Rodrigo Abd
Largest protests yet in Syria's biggest city
The Guardian
| ZEINA KARAM | Associated Press= BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-regime sen...
Yemeni policemen sit in a pickup truck in front of Sanaa's International airport in Yemen, Sunday, April 8, 2012.
AP / Hani Mohammed
Yemen's hidden war with al-Qaeda
BBC News
Since 12 May fierce fighting has been raging in southern Yemen between government forces, backed by US advisers, and Islamist militants allied to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ...
Egyptian protesters clap and wave flags in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. Egypt's military is taking down the makeshift tents of protesters who camped out on Tahrir Square in an effort to allow traffic and normal life to return to central Cairo. There were a few verbal altercations between soldiers and protesters Sunday morning as the tents were removed, but the process was generally peaceful.
AP / Hussein Malla
Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader
BBC News
When Egyptians joined a popular revolt last year, many were demanding economic change. | They were suffering from high unemployment and prices, low wages, widespread poverty and cr...
UN agency welcomes $66 million for agriculture and fishing projects in Saudi Arabia
United Nations
| Photo: FAO/F. Cardia17 May 2012 – The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) today welcomed Saudi Arabia's contribution of $66 million to implement its technical assistance projects in the country, which aim to benefit small-scale ...
Saudi Arabia - Activist Detained for His Activities in Support of Religious Freedom
All Africa
[HRInfo] ANHRI condemns the detention of Kamel Abbas al-Ahmed, engineer and brother of the Saudi dissident Ali Abbas al-Ahmed, head of the Gulf Institute in Washington. The Saudi security services escorted Kamel al-Ahmed to an unknown destination wit...
Saudi Arabia bans using Gregorian dates
Gulf News
| Dubai: Saudi Arabia has banned all government and private agencies from using the Gregorian dates in official dealings. | The use of the English language to answer calls or communicate, mainly in companies and hotels, has also been banned, a local ...
Islamic Society
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he delivers his speech at a rally to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the country's pro-Western monarchy and brought Islamic clerics to power, Tehran, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012.
(photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Iran tells West to 'correct its manner' ahead of talks
France24
| AFP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday urged the West to "correct its manners" if it wants to win the respect of Iranians, as Tehran and the world powers meet in Baghdad this month to discuss Iran's contested nuclear programme. | "If the West corrects its manners and respects the Iranian people, in return it will gain the respect of the Ir...



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