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• Gulf markets decline amidst protests

• Oman protests continue for third day

• Saudi king orders permanent contracts for temp workers

• Al-Maliki gives ministers 100-day deadline to improve performance

• Egypt imposes travel ban on Mubarak family

• Women, children killed in Afghanistan blasts

• Opposition leader returns to Bahrain

• Cambridge University founds chair in name of Sultan Qaboos

• UN mission begins work to monitor Egypt elections

• Saboteurs attack Iraqi refinery

• Egypt military apologizes for protester beatings

• Libya's Arab League mission resigns en masse

• Iraqi government to investigate violence against demonstrators

• Yemeni tribal chiefs back opposition

• Syrian blogger released

• Palestinian PM launches Facebook page

• Intellectuals ask Saudi monarch for reforms

• Al-Maliki says Iraqis should avoid 'Saddamist' protests

• Oil prices inch toward $120 barrel on Libya crisis

• Jordan deploys 3,000 security personnel for Friday protest

• Unions to participate in Bahrain dialogue

• Rallies continue across Yemen

• Top ISI military leader killed in Iraq

• Oman plans to expand fishing industry

• Lebanon's agricultural exports increase in 2010

• Iraqi oil exports highest since 2003

• Jordan opens corruption inquiry

• Egypt arrests key Mubarak allies

• Bahrain protests continue as political prisoners obtain release

• Suicide car bomber kills at least 24 near Pakistan border

• Yemeni president orders protection for protesters

• Afghan peace council says efforts will continue despite escalating violence

• Saudi oil minister says OPEC can produce surplus oil

• Protester killed during Yemen protests

• British firm announces $3.2 billion Qatar deal

• Bahrain king visits Saudi Arabia

• Kuwait to send jet for Nepalese president

• Egypt's military council names opposition members, Copts to cabinet

• Arab League bars Libya until crackdown ends

• Saudi king returns home, announces benefits package

• International energy officials pledge to stabilize oil market

• Yemen arrests al-Qaeda leader

• Egypt seeks to maintain stability on Libyan border

• EU to extend $8.2 billion loan

• France, Saudi Arabia sign nuclear agreement

• Hamas reorders ban on male hairdressers

• Egypt prosecutor orders freeze of Mubarak assets

• Forty Taliban join peace process in northern Afghanistan

• Bahrain king releases prisoners as protesters remain in Pearl Square

• Wozniacki wins Dubai Open

• Defence exhibition opens in Abu Dhabi

• Saleh rejects calls to step aside

• Egyptian state media says Mubarak wealth not stashed abroad

• Bomber kills dozens waiting in line in Afghanistan

• Kuwait speaker calls for end to bidoon protests

• Saudi king expected to return home

• Suicide bomber strikes at Iraqi police station

• Bahrain protests continue for ninth day

• Taliban releases video of Imam slaying

• Authorities stop drug smuggler at Beirut airport

• Egyptian court approves Islamic political party

• Aramco signs contract with Saudi consortium

• Saudi authorities detain members of new Saudi political party

• Egypt youth movement demand government resignation

• Yemen protests enter 10th day

• Omani protesters demand stronger parliament

• Bahrain monarch pulls military from Pearl Square, offers dialogue

• Jordan, Turkey sign nuclear agreement

• Kuwait bidouns demand citizenship, rights

• Lebanon arrests 'most wanted man'

• Yemen protests continue

• Clerics in Helmand province condemn Taliban

• Afghan bomber kills 11

• Pro-government demonstrators clash with Jordan protesters

• Cairo's "Victory march" follows Mubarak's resignation

• Iraqi train network suspend service over pay cuts

• Cairo teen finds priceless statue near trash can

• Oil prices hit $104 per barrel

• Suez Canal employees strike, but keep canal working

• Jordan MPs to investigate public spending

• New political parties take shape in Egypt

• Taliban use dead child to lure Spanish, Afghan troops into ambush

• Yemen unrest spreads as President Saleh meets with senior military officials

• Bahrain security forces secure Manama

• Abu Dhabi, Dubai stock exchanges consider merger

• Iraqi protests turn violent

• Iraq prepares to auction oil, gas fields

• Saudi rail contracts local companies

• Saudi Arabia to remove books promoting extremism from school libraries

• US accuses Lebanese Canadian Bank of money laundering

• Yemeni protests enter sixth day

• Syrian authorities free activist who called for protests

• Jordan tribesmen protest along airport road

• Syria sentences blogger to five years

• Yemeni protests continue

• Egypt forms panel to revise constitution

• Jordan lifts restrictions on public gatherings

• Syria rejects IAEA inspection request

• Bahrain king to probe demonstration deaths

• Afghan children subject to growing violence - UN

• Former Taliban ambassador visits London

• Iraqi parliament approves new ministers

• Saad Hariri to join opposition

• Artifacts missing from Egyptian museum

• Palestinian cabinet resigns

• Suicide bomber targets Kabul hotel

• Bahrain security forces clash with protesters

• Baghdad to hold Arab Summit despite threats

• Army asks labour unions to stop strikes

• Bahrain's king gives $3,000 to families

• Jordan protesters demand new PM's resignation

• Iraqi embassy in Cairo offers assistance to nationals

• Taliban kills 16 in Kandahar

• Egypt ushers in post-Mubarak era

• Farmers protest decline in tomato prices

• Tourism in region drops amid Egyptian protests

• Lebanese leaders warn against dropping STL support

• Egypt markets return to normal – bank official

• Saudi Arabia confirms dengue fever following floods

• 'Khaleeji Express' underway for GCC

• 'Nobody above the law' - Saleh

• Batelco seeks 25% share in Zain

• Yemeni government courts opposition

• Kuwait court grants bail to government critic

• New Jordanian cabinet includes former ministers, unionists

• Iraqi lawyers stage peaceful protests

• More fighters join Afghanistan reconciliation process

• Mubarak to address nation as Egyptian army issues "communiqué number 1"

• Pirates hijack tanker off Oman coast

• Syria allows Facebook, YouTube

• Three car bombs hit Kirkuk

• Afghan peace council invites Hekmatyar-led group for talks

• Jordan denies security services hacked news site

• Egypt VP warns protesters

• Labour unions strike to join Egyptian protests

• Jordan PM meets with female activists, union leaders

• Prime Minister says Yemen is 'not like Egypt or Tunisia'

• Agencies lower Jordan's credit rating

• Cairo reduces trading hours

• Iraqi families permitted Kuwait visit

• Suzuki reopens Egypt plant

• Syria extends assistance to financial aid to poor

• Gemayel declines role in Lebanon cabinet

• Protests continue in Cairo's Tahrir Square

• Egypt establishes reform committees

• Blatter confirms summer World Cup in Qatar

• Syria breaks ground on dam along Orontes River

• Iraqis protest to demand better services

• STL holds hearing in The Hague to define terrorism

• Revised Iraq budget proposes more spending

• Kuwaiti emir accepts interior minister resignation

• Damaged Egypt artifacts being restored

• Islamists decline role in Jordan's government

• Protests continue in Tahrir Square

• Real Madrid to open sports academy in Saudi Arabia

• Jordan PM to announce cabinet

• Al-Maliki to cut salary in half

• Egypt postpones stock market re-opening

• Palestinian PM calls for democracy

• Lebanon president calls for democratic procedures

• Muslim Brotherhood says Egypt not undergoing Islamic revolution

• European leaders demand immediate Egypt transition

• Egypt halts gas supplies to Jordan, Israel

• Car bombs target Ramadi

• Lebanon "almost ready" for oil exploration

• Qatar fires football coach

• Protesters reject new Jordan PM

• Mass protests continue in Alexandria

• Egyptian forces not firing on protesters- Suleiman

• Amr Moussa mulls run for Egyptian presidency

• Syria protests fail to materialise

• "Day of departure" rally in Cairo

• Iraq prepares to transfer funds back to country

• Three injured in South Yemen clashes

• Egypt internet blockage costs $90 million - OECD

• Jordan PM meets opposition

• Syrian activists call for "day of rage"

• Arab stock markets decline as Egypt turmoil continues

• Oil prices top $102

• Saleh to step down at end of term

• Bahrain to open financial exchange

• Iraq, Kuwait resolve territorial waters dispute

• Qatari records $5 billion budget surplus

• Oman to spend $8 billion on property developments

• Saleh extends subsidies program

• Dana Gas posts record profits

• Nissan halts production in Egypt

• Yemen jails al-Qaeda member

• Taliban leaders willing to begin peace talks -- BBC

• Jordan PM submits resignation

• Amr Moussa calls for peaceful transition in Egypt

• Huge crowd gathers to protest in Cairo