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Three male characters head to the desert hoping to change their lives.
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Change Agent Saudi Arabia launches first campaign to stop violence against women
Abuse of women has been a taboo subject, but in a bold first step a new advertising campaign encourages female victims to come out of hiding.
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Backchannels Did members of the Indonesian military storm a prison, murder inmates?
Indonesia's tradition of stonewalling civilian investigation of military misbehavior could stand in the way of confirming or dispelling the allegations.
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Opinion: Obama must push – not just praise – Jordan's efforts at democratic reform
Ahead of his trip to Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan, President Obama should remember: The only way for the US to maintain Jordan as a stable ally in the long term is to prod King Abdullah toward more meaningful reform that meets the rising expectations of Jordan’s citizens.
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Saudi Arabia executes 7 in first-ever firing squad
Saudi Arabia executes 7 men found guilty of theft, looting, and armed robbery. The 7 were executed in the first-ever firing squad execution in the kingdom. Saudi Arabia has executed 23 people so far this year.
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Global News Blog Saudi dissidents jailed – a post Arab Spring crackdown?
A judge recently sentenced two activists to a decade in prison and ordered their civil rights organization, which lobbied against government corruption, to be shut down.
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Global News Blog Two prominent Saudi human rights activists receive 10 years in jail
Mohammed Fahd al-Qahtani and Abdullah Hamad were sentenced to at least 10 years in jail Saturday for sedition and providing foreign media with false information.
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Egypt blocks YouTube for a month, following 'Innocence of Muslims'
An Egyptian judge ordered the government to block YouTube for 30 days for carrying the 14-minute trailer to 'Innocence of Muslims,' the controversial film that sparked massive protests in the Middle East last September.
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Syria's Assad says his government will prevail, despite efforts of Gulf states (+video)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Friday the rebels will be defeated, the same day a Syrian opposition group announced the Assad regime is behind the disappearance of two of its leaders.
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3 smart novels for the last weeks of summer
Three male characters head to the desert hoping to change their lives.
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In Pictures: Julian Assange and the WikiLeaks Scandal
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For one Saudi woman athlete, participation is a victory
Wojdan Shaherkani lost in an 82-second judo match, but as the first Saudi woman athlete ever to participate in the Olympics, she made history nonetheless.
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With helicopter gunships, Syrian regime wins back parts of capital
Syria's rebels, meanwhile, launched an offensive to take Aleppo, a stronghold of the the Assad regime.
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Egypt's President Morsi leaves for Saudi on 1st foreign trip
Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood has said his administration has no plans to 'export' Egypt'srevolution, an implicit reassurance to Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies, who have been nervous over the possibility of Arab Spring revolts reaching their shores.
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Saudi women allowed to compete, but will fear keep them home?
Saudi Arabia is under pressure to allow women to compete at the London Olympics. But Saudi women say they fear a backlash at home.
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Saudi Arabia to allow women to compete for the first time
Saudi Arabia's embassy in London says Saudi women will be allowed to compete in the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
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Will the new crown prince bring reforms to Saudi Arabia? (+video)
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has appointed Defense Minister Prince Salman as the country's heir apparent, following the death of Salman's brother on Saturday.
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Saudi crown prince dies; successor uncertain
Crown Prince Nayef was the interior minister responsible for cracking down on al-Qaeda after September 11.
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Progress Watch
In Saudi Arabia, a quiet tide of reformDeclining the revolutionary model that Egypt established in overthrowing Mubarak, Saudi reformers are working for a shift in mind-sets as well as policies – and making headway.
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Backchannels Reform and rumblings in Jordan
The Hashemite Kingdom has weathered the past year of regional political upheaval surprisingly well. But the resignation of the prime minister is a reminder of unmet demands for change.
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What would happen if Iran had the bomb? (+video)Even as Tehran signals an interest in nuclear talks, many experts have already envisioned what the world would look like if the country got nuclear weapons. It wouldn't be as dire as many fear, but it would unleash new uncertainties - and perhaps a regional arms race.
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After Egypt, Tunisia, Libya overthrows, Arab upheaval begins to settle
Egypt quietly moves into another phase of voting, while the monarchs in Morocco and Jordan have stabilized their rule through reforms.
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As Israeli-Palestinian talks sink, fringe ideas gain traction
As time passes and a two-state solution looks less feasible, Israelis and Palestinians are more seriously considering ideas like a binational state.
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Yemen's President Saleh agrees to step down
The Saudi-backed agreement requires Saleh to step down within 30 days, potentially signaling an end to the antigovernment protests that have pushed Yemen to the brink of civil war.
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Critical mass: Assad losing his iron grip after eight months of Syria protests
Today's Arab League vote to suspend Syria's membership – coupled with military assaults by defected soldiers – signal that President Assad may now be facing a critical mass of opposition.
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Freedom may be messy, but it beats despotism
The Arab Spring toppled dictators in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. Yemen and Syria may be next. Though trials remain, we are witnessing an extraordinary fight for freedom. What emerges may not be the kind of democracy Westerners want, but it beats tyranny.
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