Politics

Recap of developments in Middle East, North Africa - 02/21/2011

CAIRO- Here are the latest developments in unrest sweeping the Middle East and North Africa following uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia that toppled their long-time rulers. LIBYA: The premier...

Star Belgium artist's home-coming smeared by 'vile' politics - 02/21/2011

BRUSSELS, Claire Rosemberg- Luc Tuymans, the star Belgian artist known for works on the Holocaust, 9/11 and his nation's dark colonial legacy, this week brings his life's work home -- to an almost...

Kadhafi loyalists vow to crush protests - 02/19/2011

TRIPOLI- Moamer Kadhafi's regime vowed to crush any challenge to the Libyan strongman after an opposition "day of anger" turned into a bloodbath and two policemen were reported hanged by protesters....

Prince fears Saudi uprising without speedy reforms: report - 02/18/2011

LONDON- A senior member of the Saudi royal family on Thursday warned that the oil-rich country could be harmed by the uprisings sweeping the Arab world unless it speeded up reforms, the BBC...

Bahrain army clamps down after protests crushed - 02/18/2011

MANAMA, Taieb Mahjoub- Bahrain's army deployed across Manama Thursday and vowed "strict measures" to restore order after a police raid on anti-regime protesters killed three, wounded nearly 200 and...

White House warns on Bahrain protests - 02/17/2011

WASHINGTON- The White House said Wednesday it was watching unrest in strategically-placed Bahrain "very closely" and called on the pro-Western kingdom to allow peaceful anti-government protests....

US 'very concerned' by violence in Bahrain protests - 02/16/2011

WASHINGTON- The United States said Tuesday it was "very concerned" after two protesters were killed in clashes with police in Bahrain, and urged all sides to exercise restraint. "The United States...

Obama warns Arab world: get ahead of reform curve - 02/16/2011

WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson- President Barack Obama Tuesday warned autocratic US allies they cannot crush the Middle East's youthful "hunger" for change and offered "moral support" to Iranian...

Valentine protest targets Iraq leaders - 02/14/2011

BAGHDAD, Ammar Karim- Brandishing roses and balloons and dressed in Valentine red, hundreds of young Iraqis denounced the "greed" of their leaders in a protest on Monday inspired by the uprisings in...

Libya's Kadhafi urges refugee 'march on Palestine' - 02/13/2011

TRIPOLI- Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Sunday urged Palestinian refugees to take advantage of current unrest sweeping across the Arab world and stage a march on the Palestinian territories. "In...
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