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12/17/11--07:14: Arab League threaten to take Syria to UN over crackdown (chan 2247394)

The Arab League today threatened to take Syria to the UN over its deadly crackdown on dissent but an Iraqi mediator said he had "positive" talks in Syria aimed at defusing the nine-month crisis.






12/17/11--11:18: Egypt military uses heavy hand in crushing protest (chan 2247394)

Troops pulled women across the pavement by their hair, knocking off their Muslim headscarves.Young activists were kicked in the head until they lay motionless in Cairo's Tahrir Square.






12/17/11--22:00: Iran to put captured foreign drones on display (chan 2247394)

Foreign spy drones captured by Iran, that reportedly include four Israeli and three US aircraft, will be put on display, Mehr news agency reported.






12/18/11--04:33: Violence rocks Cairo for third straight day (chan 2247394)

Clashes between Egyptian troops and protesters rocked central Cairo Sunday in a third straight day of violence that has left 10 people dead and damaged a world-famous historic library.






12/18/11--09:09: Iraqis celebrate US exit, but worry for future (chan 2247394)

Even as Iraqis celebrated the departure of the last American troops Sunday, the dangers left behind after nearly nine years of war were on full display.






12/18/11--16:01: Israel frees 550 Palestinians in Shalit swap (chan 2247394)

Israel released 550 Palestinian prisoners Sunday in the second stage of a deal with Hamas that brought home soldier Gilad Shalit after five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip.






12/18/11--16:01: Israel frees 550 Palestinians in Shalit swap (chan 2247394)

Israel released 550 Palestinian prisoners Sunday in the second stage of a deal with Hamas that brought home soldier Gilad Shalit after five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip.






12/18/11--18:22: Iran state TV airs 'confession' of detained CIA spy (chan 2247394)

Iranian state television on Sunday aired what it described as the confession of an Iranian man detained for spying for the CIA.






12/19/11--05:29: Egypt clashes move into 4th day, US worried (chan 2247394)

Egyptian security forces fought opponents of army rule in Cairo for a fourth day on Monday and the United States, worried by the violence, urged the generals to respect human rights.






12/19/11--06:18: Iran says Arab deal on Syria 'acceptable': TV (chan 2247394)

Iran welcomed as "acceptable" an Arab peace deal signed by Syria on Monday that aims to end nine months of unrest against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, a senior official told Iran's Arabic language Al Alam news channel.






12/19/11--08:59: Egypt's military tries to discredit protesters (chan 2247394)

Egypt's ruling military questioned the morals of a female detainee, accused a prominent publisher of incitement and bashed the media for allegedly working to destabilize the country in a new effort to crush the pro-democracy movement trying to oust the generals.






12/19/11--14:49: Thousands of rare rare 200-year-old manuscripts burnt in Egypt clash (chan 2247394)

The volunteers, ranging from academic experts to appalled citizens, have spent the past two days trying to salvage what's left of some 192,000 books, journals and writings, casualties of Egypt's latest bout of violence.






12/19/11--14:54: Syria to allow Arab monitors, 100 dead in violence (chan 2247394)

Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said in Cairo that an initial mission headed by one of his assistants will go to Syria within a day or two to discuss plans for 500 observers to eventually deploy around the country.






12/19/11--16:44: Plot to burn Egypt parliament: Military (chan 2247394)

Egypt's ruling military council, which is governing the country after president Hosni Mubarak was overthrown, said on Monday that there was a plot to burn down the parliament.






12/19/11--19:09: Arrest warrant issued for Iraq's vice-president: Official (chan 2247394)

The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council, which is country's highest judicial body, has issued an arrest warrant for Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi, said an interior ministry official on Monday.






12/20/11--10:29: Thousands of Egyptian women protest abuse by military (chan 2247394)

The march was a rare protest by women and its numbers _ about 10,000 by some estimated _ underlined the depth of anger over the images from the fierce crackdown over the past five days against protesters.






12/20/11--15:42: Yemeni soldiers battle al-Qaida-linked militants (chan 2247394)

Yemeni soldiers battled al-Qaida-linked militants outside the southern city of Zinjibar, which remains partly under the control of militants.






12/20/11--17:06: Women take to Cairo streets, hit out at army (chan 2247394)

The picture, circulated around the world, has become a rallying point of activists opposed to military rule, though cameras also captured soldiers pulling the clothes off other women.






12/20/11--17:45: Iraq's Shia govt seeks to arrest its Sunni vice-prez (chan 2247394)

Iraq's Sunni vice president denied charges he ran a hit squad that killed government officials during the nation's wave of sectarian bloodletting, accusing the Shia-led government on Tuesday of waging a campaign of persecution.






12/21/11--00:31: Awlaki video urges US Muslims to join al Qaida (chan 2247394)

"You have two choices: either hijra (emigration) or jihad (holy war)," Awlaki said in the video, which was posted on Islamist websites.






12/21/11--21:37: Explosions rock Baghdad; 4 killed, 13 injured (chan 2247394)

Iraqi officials say at least four people have been killed and 13 injured as a series of explosions that rocked Baghdad.






12/21/11--23:25: Iraq: With US gone, women's rights up in the air (chan 2247394)

Until the 1980s, Iraqi women were widely considered to have more rights than their counterparts across the Middle East, but they have suffered in the face of brutal violence, Islamic extremism, and a run-down education system.






12/22/11--01:32: Wave of bombings across Baghdad kills 57 (chan 2247394)

A wave of bombings ripped across Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 57 people and injuring nearly 200 in the worst violence Iraq has seen for months. The bloodbath comes just days after American forces left the country.






12/22/11--01:32: Blasts rock Baghdad, 57 killed (chan 2247394)

A wave of bombings ripped across Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 57 people and injuring nearly 200 in the worst violence Iraq has seen for months. The bloodbath comes just days after American forces left the country.






12/22/11--02:22: UAE strips six of citizenship citing security threat (chan 2247394)

The United Arab Emirates has revoked the citizenship of six nationals whom it said posed a threat to national security, but the men said they were being punished for demanding political reform in the oil-rich monarchy.