Shiite Leader Arrested as Crackdown on Dissent Continues in Oil Giant With New Allegation That Saudi Dictatorship Arrests Prominent Democracy Activist Group
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Egypt’s President Reauthorizes Parliament After Army Decision
Muslim Brotherhood’s Mursi Egypt’s President Reauthorizes Parliament in Control Struggle With Army
Anti-Assad Lebanese Joining Syrian Revolution
Democratic World Considers Action as Civil War Continues and Lebanese Joining Syrian Revolution
Israel and Palestine Trade Blame for Inability to Make Peace
Israel and Palestine Trade Blame Amid Dwindling Prospects for Peace and Reconciliation
Egyptian Women Grow Powerful Voice in Face of Oppression
Discrimination, Violence and Religious Hardliners Threaten But Egyptian Women Grow Powerful
Libya Votes For First Time as Troubles Surface
Some Protesters Burn Ballots as Unrest Prevents Voting as Libya Votes For First Time
VIDEO: Syria on Fire as Defections Plague Dictatorship
Assad Using Torture, Mutilation of Family Members as Syria on Fire Sees New Heights
Senior Syrian Defections to Opposition Rock Dictatorship
Neighboring States See Increasing Instability as Senior Syrian Defections Show Crisis Deepening
US and Iran Prepare for Possible Conflict
Building Tensions Consume Entire World as US and Iran Prepare for Conflict That Threaten Disaster
Israel’s PM Believes Iran was Plotting to Attack
Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu is Convincing That Enemy Iran was Plotting to Attack Country