Politics

Yemenis stage rival rallies as Sanaa retains calm - 11/26/2011

"The blood of the martyrs which has thrown you out of power, Saleh, will throw you in prison," preacher Fuad al-Hanjari told tens of thousands of activists after funerals for four out of five...

Lebanon PM threatens to quit over Hariri court funding - 11/26/2011

BEIRUT, Natacha Yazbeck- Lebanon faced yet another major political crisis Friday after Prime Minister Najib Mikati threatened to resign should his Hezbollah-dominated cabinet refuse to fund a UN...

Arabs give Syria new ultimatum, call for UN support - 11/25/2011

CAIRO, Sarah Benhaida- The Arab League on Thursday served a new ultimatum on Damascus, giving it less than 24 hours to allow monitors into the country or face sanctions, while for the first time...

Morocco to vote with Islamist party set for strong showing - 11/25/2011

RABAT, Henri Mamarbachi - Morocco prepares for an election Friday likely to see a strong showing by a moderate Islamist party, but the poll risks being marred by low turnout with a pro-reform...

Egypt activists call fresh mass protests for Friday - 11/25/2011

CAIRO, Simon Martelli- Egyptian activists called for fresh mass protests in Cairo on Friday to demand an immediate end to army rule, even as the country's military rulers vowed to prevent spiralling...

Tunisian forces tear gas protesters - 11/24/2011

TUNIS- Security forces fired teargas and shot into the air to disperse thousands of protesters in central-west Tunisia on Wednesday, official and union sources said. The trouble came on the day...

Top Muslim cleric urges Egypt police to end shootings - 11/24/2011

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- The grand imam of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning, called on Egyptian police on Wednesday not to shoot at protesters demanding democratic change as four more...

Yemen's Saleh finally signs deal to quit power - 11/24/2011

Saleh promised "real partnership" with the opposition in implementing the Gulf- and UN-brokered agreement, but thousands of demonstrators again took to the streets of the capital Sanaa to protest...

'Coward' Assad must quit, says former ally - 11/23/2011

DAMASCUS- Syria's Bashar al-Assad was branded a coward on Tuesday by his onetime friend and ally, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who urged him to quit or face a bloody death like other...

Libya ex-rebels get key posts in cabinet lineup - 11/23/2011

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Former rebels who helped to topple Libya's late dictator Moamer Kadhafi and a human rights lawyer whose arrest sparked the uprising were handed key posts in a new government...
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