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Syria's Assad says decades of emergency law will end in the coming days
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Secretary of State accuses Iran of trying to exploit, hijack democracy protests in Middle East and North Africa
Asking for help following the arrest of her father, Zainab Alkhawaja questions why US supports dictatorial regimes
Both sides say they are trying to find ways to end tensions after Israeli airstrikes killed at least 19 Palestinians in less than a week
The army sealed off large sections of the coastal city of Banias following anti-government protests
Nabeel Rajab of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights says that bloggers, others active in social media, are facing particularly hard time
Mohamed Radwan is one of two American citizens to be detained in Syria recently
Anti-government demonstrators call for continued strikes, analysts expect Bashar al Assad to end a decades-old emergency law
Foreign ministry spokesman calls decision 'unjust, unjustifiable and totally political'
UN Human Rights Office expresses great concern about reports of people gone missing, killings, arrests and intimidation
Activists call for the abolishment of a law that essentially makes homosexuality a crime
Some demonstrators wave Bahraini flags as they take to streets in show of solidarity with Bahrain's Shi'ite majority
Navi Pillay calls move 'shocking and illegal'
VOA Cairo Bureau Chief Elizabeth Arrott provides insights on the vote considered to be first step toward democracy in post-Mubarak Egypt
Thomas Finn of the English-language Yemen Times offers observations he gleans from living and working in the country
