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Yemen opposition rejects Gulf plan, Saleh accepts

Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) arrives in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, 10 April, 2011.
11 Apr 2011
Sanaa -- Yemen's opposition on Monday rejected a Gulf Arab initiative for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down because it appears to offer him immunity from prosecution, while Saleh himself welcomed it. Gulf Arab foreign ministers...
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Bahrain prosecutor to question Al-Wasat ex-editors

10 Apr 2011
Manama -- The former chief editor of Bahrain's main opposition newspaper says he's been summoned by a prosecutor investigating the paper's allegedly unethical coverage of the Shia uprising against the country's rulers....
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Thai 'Red Shirts' mark a year since Bangkok clashes

10 Apr 2011
Bangkok -- Crowds of anti-government "Red Shirts" began to gather in Bangkok on Sunday to mark a year since deadly clashes between troops and protesters during their mass rally in the capital. Police have predicted up to 50,000...
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Gbagbo's forces retaliate in Ivory Coast

10 Apr 2011
Abidjan -- Forces supporting Ivory Coast's entrenched strongman broke through the security perimeter imposed around the presidential compound Saturday, firing on French helicopters in an advance that appeared to breathe new life into...
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Diplomacy takes center stage in Libyan conflict

African leaders during fourteenth ordinary session of African Union summit at Addis Ababa, January 31 - February 2.
10 Apr 2011
Tripoli -- A high-ranking African Union delegation was due in Libya on Sunday to present a blueprint for an end to the current crisis as plans for a new constitution were unveiled by parliament. And on the ground, NATO destroyed key...
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Barak says Israel open to Gaza ceasefire with Hamas

Seen at dusk from along the Israeli-Gaza Strip border, a trail of smokes is seen as a rocket is launched from the Palestinian Gaza Strip towards southern Israel on April 09, 2011. A truce declared by Palestinian armed groups in the enclave unravelled even before it could take hold as militants fired dozens of projectiles into southern Israel and the military retaliated.
10 Apr 2011
Jerusalem -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday that Israel was willing to accept a mutual ceasefire with Hamas militants in Gaza after days of deadly violence. "If they stop firing on our communities, we will stop...
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US envoy to Sudan: Abyei conflict could spark war

09 Apr 2011
Addis Ababa -- Both southern and northern Sudan have violated agreements by bringing heavily armed units into the disputed border region of Abyei, the US special envoy said Saturday. A confrontation in the fertile region could restart the...
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New fighting erupts in Libya

Libyan rebels drive toward Brega, March 31, 2011, on their way to battle with forces loyal to Muammer Gaddafi which overran Brega along with Ras Lanuf and Uqayla the day before, scattering the outgunned rebels, the frontline ebbed and flowed on the outskirts of the town about 800 kilometres (500 miles) from Tripoli.
09 Apr 2011
Ajdabiyah -- A buoyant Muammar Qadhafi made his first television appearance for five days on Saturday and his troops engaged rebels in new fighting on the eastern front in Libya's civil war. While fighting flared up again on the war...
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Arab League to hold urgent meeting over situation in Gaza

Palestinians inspect a destroyed plastics factory in Gaza City, April 6, 2011, after Israeli aircraft attacked two targets in the Gaza Strip wounding four people, among them a pregnant woman, Palestinian medics and witnesses said.
09 Apr 2011
The Arab League's permanent delegates decided to convene an urgent meeting on Sunday to discuss the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. "We will discuss Israel's escalating steps and aggressions against the Palestinian people...
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Oman to charge protest leader, 25 others

Some 700 protesters block the access to Oman's second biggest port on February 28, 2011 in Sohar, more than 200 kms (125 miles) northwest of Muscta, preventing the movement of vehicles in or out. Fresh clashes erupted between Omani police and protesters, a day after police killed at least one as the turmoil rocking the Arab world reached the normally calm Gulf sultanate.
09 Apr 2011
Muscat -- An Omani activist who "instigated riots" in the industrial city of Sohar will face trial with 25 others for violent conduct, the chief prosecutor said on Saturday. He did not say when the accused would go to court or...
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