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CAIRO - Rights watchdog Amnesty International on Thursday called on the Egyptian military to halt the use of torture

'The army was holding detainees'

Egyptian military urged to stop 'torture and other abuse of detainees' as fresh evidence implicates…

Bahrain's military deployed armoured vehicles in the centre of Manama and vowed to restore order Thursday after a

'Will have catastrophic repercussions'

Bahraini opposition to quit parliament after regime's 'savage and unjustified attack against a peaceful…

Book review of 'Gaza in Crisis - Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians', authored by Noam Chomsky

Two of world's most informed academics collaborate in book focusing on current situation in besieged Palestinian Strip.

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Riot police stormed through a Manama square early Thursday firing rubber bullets and tear gas in a violent crackdown

Pearl Square cleared

Riot police attack protesters with rubber bullets, tear gas in Pearl Square without warning.

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LONDON - Ex-secretary of state Colin Powell called on the CIA and Pentagon to explain how he was given unreliable

The intelligence game was abvious

Report Ex-US Secretary of State urges CIA, Pentagon to explain how he was given unreliable information which proved key…

TRIPOLI - At least four people were killed in clashes with Libyan security forces, opposition websites and NGOs said

Pro-Gathafi rally in Tripoli

Opponents of Libyan regime say four killed in protesters’ clashes with security forces in Al-Baida ahead of 'Day of…

LONDON - Oxfam has added its voice to a growing chorus of concern about Britain’s system for deciding on asylum

Between a rock and hard place

Concerns over Britain’s system for deciding on asylum claims as right-wing press demonizes asylum…

LONDON - The defector whose claims that Iraq had biological weapons were used to justify the 2003 US invasion has

Happy to use and be used by US intelligence

'Curveball' says despite his admission on wrong intel, security officials continued to take his claims…

TRIPOLI - Dozens of people were injured in clashes in Benghazi, a hospital in the eastern city said Wednesday, as

Gathafi supporters chanted slogans against Al-Jazeera

Dozens of Libyans injured in clashes between anti-regime protestors and security forces, Gathafi…

The recent protests in Egypt that led to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, and their political ramifications,

'An Internet Free of Sectarian Strife'

Online initiative - launched by preacher Amr Khaled – seeks harmony between Muslims and Christians in…

AMMAN - More than 100 Jordanian Muslim clerics demanded the government shut down all nightclubs in the country and

There are around 60 nightclubs in Jordan

109 clerics demand authorities combat prostitution, and introduce laws that fight all anti-Islamic, unethical…

EU ministers Tuesday debate Egypt's request to freeze the assets of leading members of president Hosni Mubarak's

Is Mubarak immune?

EU finance ministers are discussing Egypt’s request for action against assets of Mubarak henchmen.

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MANAMA - Bahraini police used tear gas on Monday to disperse hundreds of protesters in several villages of the

The Facebook revolution

Bahrainis mirror similar online initiatives around Arab world as 'chance to open way for political, social…

Egypt's new military rulers dismantled ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak's regime on Sunday, dissolving parliament

To run the country for six months or until elections

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Egypt's new military rulers dissolve parliament, suspends constitution, promising referendum…