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Smoke billows from burning tires as Sudanese demonstrators protest against rising prices near the main market of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state, on Tuesday. Eight people were killed Tuesday during the protest. (AFP Photo/)
Eight dead in price protest in Sudan's Darfur, police say
AFP 01 Aug 2012
Eight people were killed Tuesday during a protest sparked by high prices in Sudan, police said, in the worst violence...
محمد الظواهري، شقيق الرجل الثاني في تنظيم «القاعدة» أيمن الظواهري.
Zawahiri: Arab revolts by-product of jihad against US
Al-Masry Al-Youm 01 Aug 2012
The brother of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has said that recent Arab revolts would not have seen successful had...
In this Thursday, 26 July 2012 photo a man enters an art gallery in La Marsa, Tunis. The Spring of the Arts exhibit in the wealthy Tunis suburb of La Marsa triggered June riots that left one dead and 100 injured. Many of the paintings questioned religion's role in society, including some clearly skewering Salafis. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)
Tunisian Islamic hardliners threaten democracy gains
AP 30 Jul 2012
TUNIS — Thousands of hardcore Muslims chant against Jews. Youths rampage through cities at night in protest of...
U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 130th graduation at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, May 18, 2011. Obama is expected to make a major speech to the nation, which will address recent events in the Arab world including the death of Osama bin Laden.
Obama praises Muslim democracy-fighters
AFP 21 Jul 2012
US President Barack Obama on Friday praised the courage of dissidents fighting for democracy in Muslim countries, in a...
UAE arrests group planning 'crimes against state'
Reuters 15 Jul 2012
DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday it was investigating a group with international links that was...
Tunisian new president Moncef Marzouki arrives at the Assembly, Tunis, December 6, 2011. Tunisia's newly elected constituent assembly today reviewed a
Tunisian president to visit Egypt Friday
MENA 11 Jul 2012
Tunisian President Moncef al-Marzouki is scheduled to visit Egypt on Friday for the first time since the outbreak of...
Omani protesters hold signs that read in Arabic
Oman sentences writer, poet, for defaming sultan
Reuters 09 Jul 2012
  An Omani writer and a poet were among four people convicted of defamation over comments against the country'...
A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows bodies of people allegedly killed by government forces in Douma. AFP cannot independently verify this image. More than 16,500 people have been killed in violence since an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad broke out in March last year, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Rights group: Syria uprising toll tops 16,500
AFP 02 Jul 2012
More than 16,500 people have been killed in violence since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad broke out in...
Yemeni military police collect evidence at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Sanaa on Monday. Yemeni police officer Colonel Abdul Hamid Bajjash, in charge of security at the blast area, said the attack "bears the hallmark of Al-Qaeda." (AFP Photo/MOHAMMED HUWAIS)  
Arab Spring gives Al-Qaeda new arenas, UK intelligence boss says
AFP 26 Jun 2012
The Arab Spring uprisings have given Al-Qaeda new arenas in which to rebuild, increasing the chances of home-grown...
For "Carry On," Palestinian artist Ibrahim Jawabreh exhibited his film, “The Revolution is not a Slogan,” along with “Storage” a collection of black and white photographs of dead bodies.
'Carry On,' an ambitious collaboration between Arab artists
Helen Stuhr-Rommereim 19 Jun 2012
In the heady days immediately following Mubarak’s ouster last winter, Amira Hanafi and her colleagues at the...