In Focus | Unrest in Middle East
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Thursday Feb 23
US praises big turnout in landmark Yemen presidential polls
Hadi has his task cut out for interim two-year period
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Thursday Feb 23
Is Russia pushing Middle East into cold-war style conflict?
Moscow stands to gain if Syria and Iran crisis go out of control
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Thursday Feb 23
Dialogue futile in stopping Syria bloodshed, Saudi king tells Russia
Opposition presses for foreign intervention as death toll rises in Homs
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Wednesday Feb 22
Judge says Mubarak trial verdict to be delivered June 2
Judge says Mubarak trial verdict to be delivered June 2
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Wednesday Feb 22
Syria shelling of Homs kills 2 Western journalists
A French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday by Syrian shelling
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Wednesday Feb 22
Prosecution seeks death for Mubarak
The chief prosecutor in the trial of ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak said on Monday in his closing remarks that the former president should be given the death penalty for the killings of protesters in last year's uprising
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Tuesday Feb 21
Syrian forces mass outside rebel stronghold
Syrian tanks and troops have massed outside the resistance stronghold of Homs for a possible ground assault
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Tuesday Feb 21
Yemenis turn out in huge numbers to choose new leader
Yemenis turned out in huge numbers in most provinces on Tuesday to choose a new leader despite some disruptions in southern cities
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Tuesday Feb 21
Misrata holds first free elections in four decades
Ballots cast for places on 28-seat local council
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Tuesday Feb 21
Acting president calls on citizens to vote and promises reforms
Soldier killed and polling station destroyed on the eve of elections
Unrest in the Region in pictures
Debates: Democracy in the Arab world
Opinion
- The new pan-Arabism
- 'Youth of change' key to Yemen's future
- Al Assad regime must act before it's too late
- The five cardinal rules of Arab Revolution 2011
- Spirited Libya rebels are low on strategy
- Yemenis turn the page on Saleh
- Strategies for survival
- High stakes for US in Syria
- Arab women take centre stage
- UN fails to agree on condemning Syria
- Hijacking the Arab revolution
- Who fears Arab revolutionaries?
- Protests expose fragility of Arab state
- It's cool to be Arab again
- Our region is in grave danger
