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Arab League chief to visit Syria on Saturday, Arab foreign ministers to meet in Cairo
The Arab League said its secretary general, Nabil al-Arabi, will visit Syria on Saturday, three days later than
One-man mission to help refugees
By ANIQA HAIDER, Posted on » Sunday, September 04, 2011
A DISABLED Bahraini is spearheading a one-man campaign to help refugees stuck on the Iraq-Syria
Iran: Planning for the post-Assad period
By Huda al Husseini
Is Khamenei’s Iran concerned for the people of Syria, or is it solely concerned about its regional plans and
Iran harasses Kuwait to attack Bahrain and the Gulf States from the north
The GCC and the Iranian conspiracy on Bahrain
Written By: Safee Al Yaseeree
EU lifts sanctions on Libyan ports; rebels dismiss report they promised France oil
Agencies, BRUSSELS /PARIS
The European Union has decided to end its sanctions on six Libyan ports, several oil firms and banks, the EU
They Voted to Kill Lake Orumieh
30 Aug 2011 (Rooz) Families of those arrested during the Ramadhan’s fast-breaking hours on Wednesday,
US-Taliban talks were making headway
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Direct U.S. talks with the Taliban had evolved to a substantive negotiation
Arab League tells Syria to end bloodshed soon
CAIRO (Reuters) – Arab foreign ministers told Syria on Sunday to work to end months of bloodshed “before
South Sudan president names new cabinet
Hereward Holland, REUTERS JUBA
South Sudan’s president replaced the caretaker government that has overseen the country since independence last month and named a team of new ministers including finance, foreign affairs and energy, the government said. The new line-up better reflects the country’s diverse ethnic mix and contains more faces from the country’s different regions, local media said on Saturday. South Sudan broke away from the north on July 9 following a January referendum, splitting Africa’s biggest country in two.
Africa’s newest state is also one of the world’s poorest and President Salva Kiir is grappling with a string of border disputes with the north and disagreements with Khartoum over oil revenues, currency and debt.
Some observers criticized Mr. Kiir’s caretaker cabinet for being dominated by his Dinka community and another,
Syria’s youth coalition accuses Hezbollah of role in Assad’s brutal crackdown
MUSTAPHA AJBAILI, Al Arabiya And Agencies
Youth Coalition of the Syrian Revolution leader Wahid Saqr on Friday accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah group of having