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US urges restraint, reform in Bahrain

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged restraint in Bahrain on Sunday, blasting as unacceptable any violence by ...

Five dead in Morocco unrest after protests

Five bodies were found in a bank set ablaze in Morocco on the sidelines of one of many demonstrations calling for ...

Several Libyan cities held by protesters: rights group

Several Libyan cities, including Benghazi and Sirte, have fallen to demonstrators opposing Moamer Kadhafi`s rule after ...

Tunisia names new foreign minister

Tunisia`s interim government on Monday named Mouldi Kefi as the new minister of foreign affairs, the official TAP news ...

Egypt release 108 political prisoners: State TV

Egypt has released 108 political prisoners, state television reported on Sunday, following a pledge by Prime Minister ...

Gaddafi`s son blames opposition from outside

Sayf al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of the Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, has blamed opposition members outside the ...

Iran anti-govt demos under way: opposition websites

Several Iran opposition websites said that anti-government demonstrations had started in some cities, including Tehran ...

Libya protest death toll hits 173 since Tuesday: HRW

The death toll in anti-government protests which have raged in Libya since Tuesday has reached at least 173, Human ...

Egypt to release some political prisoners soon

Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq said on Saturday Egypt would release more than 200 political prisoners, saying only a few ...

Riots in Moroccan city over utility costs

Protesters attacked a police station and premises linked to French firms in the Moroccan city of Tangier late on ...

Bahrain union calls indefinite strike

Bahrain`s general labour union on Saturday called an indefinite strike to demand the right to hold peaceful protests ...

No plan yet to evacuate Indonesians from Libya

Indonesian Ambassador to Libya Sanusi said his embassy was not yet planning to evacuate Indonesians living in Libya in ...

Bahrain King offers dialogue to resolve crisis

Bahrain`s king has offered a national dialogue "with all parties" in an effort to resolve a crisis that has killed ...

27 dead in eastern Libya protests: report

Anti-regime protests in eastern Libya cost the lives of at least 20 people in Benghazi and seven in Derna, the website ...

Egypt to celebrate one week without Mubarak

Egypt`s opposition youth movement has called on Egyptians to stage a million-strong demonstration on Cairo`s central ...