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Misrata -- The top US military officer said air strikes had hobbled Libyan forces, but admitted the conflict was moving into "stalemate" as Muammar Qadhafi's troops pressed on with their punishing siege of rebel Misrata.
Rebels...
Salalah -- Some 3000 protesters took to the streets after Friday prayers in Oman's southern port of Salalah in one of the biggest pro-reform demonstrations since scattered unrest began in the sultanate two months ago.
Instead of conducting...
Egypt on Thursday took another step toward erasing the legacy of deposed president Hosni Mubarak by ordering his name, and that of his family, removed from public institutions across the nation.
Sycophantic officials seeking to curry Mubarak's...
Sanaa -- A Gulf Arab plan presented in Sanaa on Thursday sees President Ali Abdullah Saleh handing over power within three months, an official said, in the latest effort to stop Yemen's descent into further violence and chaos.
Saleh's ruling...
New York -- Previously unknown newsmakers from Egypt and Japan joined pop stars and politicians on Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world released on Thursday.
The list includes pop culture giants such as Justin Bieber...
Covered head-to-toe in a black abaya embroidered with red and yellow flowers, Amal Abbas waits for her turn to place a deposit at Cairo's Al Baraka Egypt Bank, one of Egypt's two fully-fledged Islamic banks.
Although Egypt is considered the...
Hosni Mubarak has asked Egypt's ruling generals to keep him in Sharm el-Sheikh despite an order to leave, army sources said, a further sign of the deposed president's resistance to facing trial.
Army sources said on Wednesday 82-year-old...
Amman -- Plain clothes security forces toting Ak-47s deployed in Homs overnight, a witness said on Thursday, as the central Syrian city defied a crackdown following the killing of 21 pro-democracy protesters this week.
Residents, expecting more...
Juba -- At least 31 people were killed in a clash between south Sudan's army and rebel militia fighters, the army said on Wednesday, the latest violence to unsettle the region ahead of its independence in July.
Sudan's south voted to...
Abidjan -- Ivorian security forces have launched an offensive to stamp out remaining militia and mercenaries loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo who are holed up in an Abidjan neighborhood, officials said.
Days of heavy fighting brought...
