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Saudi report: Women driving spurs premarital sex
A Saudi report claims that allowing women to drive in the kingdom will threaten the country's traditions of virgin brides
Biden urges Arab leaders over freedom of expression
US Vice President Joe Biden chides Arab leaders who restrict freedom of expression and warns nations cannot thrive when people are not allowed to think for themselves
Serbia confirms border deal with Kosovo
Serbia agreed to accept border controls with Kosovo, removing one obstacle to its joining the European Union a week before EU heads of state and government are scheduled to discuss Belgrade's accession bid
Syria rejects UN rights resolution as 'unjust'
Assad regime rejects the UN Human Rights Council that condemned the human rights violations against peaceful protesters
Bahrain hires British ex-top cop for reforms: report
Bahrain's governments appoint a former British security official to oversee the reform of the police sector in the Sunni kingdom
Arab committee meets to discuss Syria sanctions
Arab Foreign ministers hold a especial meeting on Doha to discuss as set of sanctions imposed by the Arab league on Syria
Iraq PM: Green Zone bomb was assassination attempt against al-Maliki
Iraqi government says that the bombing attack earlier this week inside Baghdad's Green Zone was an assassination attempt against Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
Israel's Livni urges US to step up Iran sanctions
Israel’s Kadima party says its chairwomen Tzipi Livni urged US Defence Secretary Panetta to step up sanctions against Iran
Post-Assad Syria would drop special Iran ties
The collapse of the 40-year-long Assad regime in Syria would radically change Mideast politics since the nat'l council, poised to take over, reiterates it will cut Iran and Hezbollah ties  
At least 23 dead in intensifying Syria violence
More than 23 people killed in Syria including civilians and security forces soldiers in clashes in central Homs province and in the north-western city of Idlib near the Turkish border
Opposition leader Burhan Ghaliun urges Security Council action on Syria
Syrian National Council urge the UN Security Council to find a mechanism to protect civilians in Syria from Assad regime brutal crackdown

Islamists, liberals face off outside Tunisian assembly
Thousands of Ennahada Islamist party supporters descend to confront liberal demonstrators rallying against extremism in the Tunisian capital as lawmakers draft a new constitution
Lebanon border residents fearful after Syria shootout
Hundreds of families return to their villages on the northern borders of Lebanon a day after fleeing from Syrian President Al-Assad loyalists, who sprayed their homes with gunfire
Overnight clash in north Syria kills 15
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 15 people were killed at midnight in the northern city of Idlib

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