Saturday, February 26, 2011

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Deaths in Tunisia clashes
Three people dead after clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Tunis, in second day of unrest in capital.

Bahrain Shia leader home from exile
Hassan Mushaimaa of the opposition Haq movement arrives in capital Manama after receiving pardon from royal family.

Oman shuffles cabinet amid protests
Sultan reshuffles cabinet and boosts student allowances as rare protest barricades shoppers in industrial city of Sohar.

Major Yemen tribes join protesters
Powerful tribal leaders, including those of the Hashid and Baqil, pledge to join protesters against the government.

Protest fever reaches Vietnam
Rare footage of demonstration in Ho Chi Minh City reveals dissent just beneath the surface.

A revolution far from over
Saturday's army crackdown in Cairo's Tahrir Square highlights deepening tension between protesters and army.

Libya: Past and future?
After alienating powerful tribes, Gaddafi's regime seems to be falling, but it is unclear who could fill vacuum.

Pariah to partner - and back again
We look at Libya's past and present role in the global economy.

PA's foreknowledge of the Gaza war?
Did the PA know about the Gaza war in advance? That's a question raised by several exchanges in The Palestine Papers.

The threat of a one-state solution
PA negotiators are increasingly proposing an idea that's met with derision from Israelis, sharp criticism from the US.

Libya: UN Security Council passes sanctions vote

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose sanctions on Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan regime for its attempts to put down an uprising.

Egypt's army passes draft constitutional amendments

The army in Egypt has passed a draft of constitutional amendments to be submitted to a national referendum.

Iran nuclear plans: Bushehr fuel to be unloaded

Iran has confirmed it is having to remove nuclear fuel from the reactor at the Bushehr power plant, the latest in a series of delays to hit the project.

U.N. Security Council comes down on Gadhafi as opposition takes shape

(CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday night to punish Moammar Gadhafi's government in Libya for violence against unarmed civilians, hours after the nation's budding opposition picked a former top official as its interim leader.

Young protestors call for reform in N. Africa

(CNN) -- A rare demonstration took place Friday in the streets of Mauritania after hundreds of protestors gathered, calling for social and political change, a journalist told CNN.

U.S. tells Gaddafi it is time to go as revolt closes in

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's grip on Libya looked ever more tenuous on Saturday, as his police abandoned parts of the capital Tripoli to a popular revolt that has swept the country and the United States bluntly told him he must go.



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