Hezbollah forces Lebanon government collapse
BEIRUT, (AFP) — Lebanon’s unity government collapsed on Wednesday after the powerful Hezbollah and its allies resigned from the cabinet over a UN probe into the assassination of former 
Hezbollah & allies to topple Lebanon govt: source
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (AlArabiya.net, Agencies)
Obama to meet Lebanon’s Hariri amid rising concerns
Ministers from Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement and its political allies will resign on Wednesday, 
Clinton in Yemen to broaden fight against al-Qaeda
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SANAA (Agencies)
Hillary Clinton made the first trip by a U.S. Secretary of State to Yemen in 20 years on Tuesday to 
Tunisia rapper critical of government freed amid riots
TUNIS (Reuters)
Arrested after releasing “President, your people are dying
Tunisian authorities, facing a wave of unrest, have released a rap singer who was detained last
New country nears for jubilant South Sudan voters
Juba, SUDAN (AP)
On the second day of South Sudan referendum
South Sudan was a step closer to becoming the world’s newest state on Monday after vast 
S Sudanese begin voting in a historic referendum
Juba, SUDAN (Agencies)
Organizers hail turnout in the referendum
After 50 years of devastating conflict, south Sudanese finally began voting on Sunday on whether to remain part of Africa’s largest nation or break away as the world’s 193rd state Polls opened at 8:00 am 
Clinton seeks stronger ties with Arab allies
WASHINGTON (AP)
And rallies to tighten penalties against Iran
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s trip to the Arab Gulf is intended to strengthen ties with Arab allies, rally support for penalties against Iran, and promote democracy and security across the Middle
Darfur integral to better US-Sudan ties: Kerry
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KHARTOUM (Agencies)
killed in S. Sudan clashes before referendum
U.S. Sen. John Kerry says Sudan’s northern government will win quick U.S. incentives if an independence referendum in the south goes smoothly, but further improvement of ties will depend on progress 
Iran says can make own nuke fuel plates, rods
TEHRAN (Agencies)
West did not think Iran can posses
Atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi declared in a report Saturday that Iran is capable of making its own nuclear fuel plates and rods, technology the West says the Islamic republic does not possess. Salehi, the 
Iraq: With al-Sadr Back In, Is U.S. on Way Out?
Anyone remember what Jay Garner, the first U.S. viceroy in Baghdad in 2003, answered when asked how long American troops would be in Iraq? “Look back on the Philippines around the turn of the 20th 
century,” he told an interviewer. “They were a coaling station for the Navy, and that allowed us to keep a great presence in the Pacific. That’s what Iraq
