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• Syria's military launches offensive in Homs

• Iraq lauds trade with UAE

• Blatter denies FIFA crisis

• Syria to co-operate with IAEA inspectors

• Saudi women driver released from custody

• Saudi Arabia to enforce nationalisation quotas

• Mubarak sons' custody extended

• Gulf Air lays off 200 amidst losses

• EU condemns Yemen violence

• Iraqi authorities arrest suspect in al-Lami killing

• GCC to institute common driving license

• Syrian military targets Tabliseh

• Lawyer says Mubarak wealth estimated at $1 million

• Jordan, Iraq to build shared railway

• UAE uncovers thousands of visa fraud cases

• Yemeni warplanes target al-Qaeda

• Taliban launches twin attacks in Herat

• Bin Hamman suspended, Blatter cleared in FIFA hearing

• Dubai removes subsidy for expatriates’ cancer treatments

• Thousands rally for Kuwaiti PM to resign

• UNIFIL launches investigation following attack

• Egypt opens Gaza border

• Saudi electoral committee refuses female voters

• Bahrain allows UN human rights team entry

• Mubarak, officials fined $90 million

• Saleh, al-Ahmar declare truce

• Egyptians demand 'second revolution'

• Eight killed in Syria protests

• Yemeni fighter jets bomb Saleh rivals

• FIFA investigates Blatter

• Iraqi police search for killer of anti-Baath official

• Saudi Arabia extends woman driver's detention

• Bahrain court to revisit death-sentence cases

• Former Egypt VP: Mubarak knew of plan to shoot protesters

• Iraq makes $7.3 billion housing deal with South Korea

• Muslim artisans work to restore damaged Cairo church

• Unemployment hits 11.9% in Egypt

• Mikati: 'Preserving stability' is priority

• Kuwaiti interior minister forbids protest

• Egypt to open Gaza border permanently

• Syrian opposition appeals to army

• Blast in Pakistan kills 24

• Saleh orders tribal chief opponent arrested

• Pakistani Taliban bomb police station

• Oman to spend up to $15 billion over 10 years

• Syrian human rights activists put death toll at 1,000

• Jordan committee proposes proportionate representation

• Taliban capture district in east Afghanistan

• Iraq to provide free fuel for generators

• IAEA concludes Syria site 'likely' nuclear reactor

• Saudi rights group demands release of woman driver

• Yemen denounces 'external interference'

• Egypt opposition groups walk out of talks

• Explosion kills labourers in south Afghanistan

• Qatar Football Association denies bribery charges

• Necropolis south of Giza opens to public

• Jordan recognizes Libyan rebels, will send envoy to Benghazi

• Mubarak faces trial in protester deaths

• Iraqi authorities arrest four from al-Qaeda affiliate

• UAE firm expresses interest in Iraq refinery

• Syria government-approved protest cancelled

• Egypt hands down death sentence for protester deaths

• Qatari Bin Hammam says time for a 'fresh approach' at FIFA

• Bahrain appeals court approves death sentences for two protesters

• Saudi authorities arrest woman for driving

• Pakistani military breaks Taliban siege of military base

• Suicide bomber kills 4 in Afghan souk

• Iraqi forces pursue suspects in Baghdad attacks

• Mullah Omar missing for five days

• Coptic Christians end sit-in following negotiations

• Lebanese forces still searching for Estonian tourists

• Taliban strike Kabul hospital

• Saleh warns of al-Qaeda takeover

• Trial of Egypt's ex-Interior Minister postponed

• Jordanians protest to demand reforms

• Kuwait replaces Syria on UN Human Rights Council

• Syrian rights group says 44 killed in Friday clashes

• Fifty hotels to open in Saudi Arabia

• Abbas takes action on 'honour killings'

• Nine Syrian protesters reported dead

• Baghdad launches trial siren call

• Kidnapped Estonian tourists issue rescue plea

• Yemen leader, ruling party sending mixed signals about resignation

• Sectarian clashes break out near Cairo church

• FIFA mulls Qatar World Cup re-vote

• Cairo court extends Zakaria Azmi detention

• Egyptians abroad allowed to vote

• Pakistan hunts al-Qaeda network

• South Korean firm to build Iraq power plants

• Taliban attack construction company

• Bomb attacks hit Kirkuk police

• Emirati teens outspend global peers

• UAE to send ambassador to NATO

• Afghanistan attack kills civilians, police cadets

• Bahrain court sentences religious leader

• Saleh refuses to sign peace deal

• Iraq arrests al-Qaeda leader

• Assad: mistakes were made

• Libya rebels seek OPEC inclusion

• Bahrain editors plead not guilty

• Egypt military refutes rumours about pardoning Mubarak

• Palestinians delay elections until October

• Al-Qaeda allegedly appoints interim leader

• Jordan's dialogue committee extends talks

• Diyala forces foil multiple attacks

• Suzanne Mubarak to be freed from custody

• Tantawi: Egypt will not tolerate sectarian strife

• Hamas, Fatah hold 'positive' talks in Cairo

• Gunmen kill three Yemeni soldiers

• Pakistan arrests Yemeni al-Qaeda leader in Karachi

• Syrian opposition calls for strike, government denies mass graves

• Egypt Copts continue sit-in

• Yemeni gunmen fire on soldiers

• Diego Maradona to coach Dubai team

• Saudi woman defies driving ban

• Oman approves Islamic bank

• UAE labour minister says unemployment major reason driving Arab protests

• Egypt foreign minister elected as Arab League chief

• Syrian security forces fire at Syrians crossing Lebanese border

• Bahrain court postpones trials of opposition activists

• Pakistan Taliban claims killing of Saudi diplomat

• Man held for $100,000 ransom in Iraq

• Six soldiers killed in Yemen

• Egypt's military warns groups against undermining security

• Doha gives grants to boost Arab film

• Omani forces arrest protesters

• Baghdad begins housing construction project

• Suzanne Mubarak in intensive care

• Six reported killed in Syria protests

• Woman arrested in connection with sectarian violence

• Iraqi parliament votes for third VP

• Taliban claim Pakistan attacks

• Bahrain defendants deny terror charges

• At least 1 killed in Syria demonstrations following Friday prayers

• Mubarak, wife face questions over wealth

• Yemen protesters welcome Qatari withdrawal from GCC mediation

• Protest in Baghdad to demand jobs

• Mohammed Abdo recovering from stroke

• Bahrain to hold special elections for empty MP seats

• Jordan's PM confident about 'wisdom' of Syria

• Iraq to add new power supply

• UNRWA suspends work in Syria's central, southern areas

• Yemen security crackdown continues

• GCC forces to stay in Bahrain

• Egypt reviews church closures

• Three Saudi al-Qaeda fighters surrender

• Egypt political parties join in leftist coalition

• FIFA denies Qatar World Cup bribes

• First Palestinian bonds sold

• Syrian military shells Homs

• Syria drops out of race for Human Rights Council

• Egypt to raise prices on gas exports

• Qatar votes for municipal council

• Tourism drops in Egypt

• GCC to add Jordan, Morocco

• Authorities extend Mubarak detention

• Emirates Airlines profits soar

• Kuwaiti MPs seek to question PM

• EU slaps Syria with sanctions

• Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq pledges support for al-Zawahiri

• Saudi Arabia to improve housing

• Jordan freezes Libya assets

• Egypt ex-minister found guilty in corruption case

• Omani police arrest vandals

• Fatah forms committee for interim government

• Egypt military seeks to calm tensions after sectarian clashes

• Syrian forces arrest hundreds

• Government steps up Saudisation programme

• Bahrain king to lift emergency law

• Afghan forces clash with Taliban fighters

• Top al-Qaeda operative killed during prison revolt

• Saleh pledges to continue to 'resist'

• Syrian military moves into Banias

• Egypt renews Gamal Mubarak's detention

• Sheikh Mohammed creates health authority

• Lebanon tribunal prosecutor amends indictment

• Egyptian political figures meet to discuss revolution's future

• Kandahar target of co-ordinated attacks

• Gunmen rob Iraqi currency-exchange shop

• Al-Qaeda fighters blamed for Saleh farm attack

• Egyptian football official to resign

• Syrian demonstrations spread

• Yemenis continue to call for Saleh resignation

• Iraqi province signs deal for new power station

• Jordanians protest construction in forest

• French coach looks to leave Syria

• Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to stop co-ordination with leftists

• Study finds one-third of Dubai students overweight

• Al-Qaeda confirms bin Laden death

• Baghdad summit rescheduled for 2012

• Iraqi police close in on bakery bombers

• Al-Qaeda fighter turns himself in to Saudi officials

• Al-Adly sentenced to 12 years in prison

• Suicide bomber targets Iraqi policemen

• Syrian troops begins Deraa withdrawal

• Bahrain to try doctors, nurses for aiding protesters

• Iraqi car bomb strikes football fans

• Assad says Daraa campaign to end 'very soon'

• Hamas official prepared for reconciliation agreement

• Iraqi woman sentenced to life for embezzlement

• AQAP vows revenge for bin Laden's death

• Dana Gas discovers gas source in Egypt

• Lebanese security works to stop illegal construction

• Palestinian factions endorse unity deal

• Libyan rebels to secure oil installations

• Red Cross seeks access to Daraa

• Swiss banks uncover $1 billion in assets owned by Arab leaders

• Bahrain detains two opposition politicians

• Egyptian committee probes Mubarak in-laws

• Saudi activists to boycott elections

• Syrian army arrests 500 in Daraa

• Pre-teen suicide bomber kills four in Afghanistan

• Oman tries 27 demonstrators

• Attackers kill three Yemeni soldiers