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Iraq calls on Qatar to hand over fugitive VP - 04/03/2012

BAGHDAD- Iraq said on Monday that Qatar hosting fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was "unacceptable" and called on Doha to hand him over, a demand he said was unconstitutional after talks with...

'Friends of Syria' tighten screws on Damascus regime - 04/01/2012

ISTANBUL, Ceren Kumova and Rita Daou- Western and Arab nations called Sunday for Syria's Bashar al-Assad to be given a deadline to meet the terms of a peace plan as fresh clashes in a year-long...

Turkey adopts bill extending access to Islamic schooling - 03/31/2012

ISTANBUL- Turkish lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly adopted an education bill which extends access to religious schools and has infuriated the country's secularists.The bill was supported by 295 MPs...

Gunmen seize Saudi diplomat in south Yemen - 03/29/2012

ADEN, Fawaz al-Haidari- Unknown gunmen seized Saudi Arabia's deputy consul outside his home in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Wednesday, a police official told AFP.The kingdom's foreign...

Syria opposition names SNC as sole representative - 03/28/2012

ISTANBUL- All but one of Syria's opposition factions agreed Tuesday to name the Syrian National Council as their representative, and called on President Bashar al-Assad to pull out tanks to show he...

Saudi king orders petroleum aid to Yemen - 03/28/2012

The announcement came as Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi concluded a brief visit to the oil-rich kingdom, his first foreign trip since being elected president last month, replacing veteran...

Al-Jazeera: controversial 'Arab Spring' platform - 03/27/2012

DOHA- Al-Jazeera, which on Tuesday decided not to air a video of a jihadist's killing spree in France, has been known from the outset for providing a platform for dissent, a reputation heightened by...

Egypt military lashes out at Muslim Brotherhood - 03/26/2012

CAIRO- Egypt's ruling generals lashed out Sunday at the Muslim Brotherhood over its questioning of the military's continued support of the cabinet, while urging the Islamists "to look to the future...

Egypt liberal MPs quit constitution panel vote - 03/25/2012

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Egyptian liberal MPs withdrew on Saturday from a crucial parliament vote for a panel to draft a new constitution amid a rift with Islamists over the constituent assembly's...

Huffington Post to release weekly iPad magazine - 03/23/2012

Huffington was speaking at the Digital Media Summit, a two-day social media and marketing conference where the rise of the tablet was a theme that popped up again and again.The Huffington Post iPad...
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