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• Women comprise 80 percent of Saudi Arabia's unemployed

• Electricity line from Egypt to Iraq nearing completion

• Turkey anticipates trade volume with UAE to double by 2015

• Sahwa member and family killed in Babil

• Six suspects arrested in Diyala

• Two suicide bombers arrested in Anbar province

• Syrian opposition declares 'day of mourning'

• Yemen's information minister escapes assassination attempt

• Jordan to raise electricity rates for highest consumers

• Abu Dhabi approves construction of drug addiction treatment centre

• Ninawa police arrest nine suspected Jaish al-Nakshabandia members

• Two policemen killed in clashes with gunmen in Salah al-Din

• 100,000 citizens reportedly displaced by al-Qaeda in Yemen

• Emir of al-Qaeda in Dhi Qar arrested

• Police in Babil arrest three suspected al-Qaeda members

• Founder of Free Syrian Army reportedly executed

• First stage of Egypt Shura Council elections closes

• Twenty-one al-Qaeda operatives arrested in Fallujah

• Four al-Qaeda gunmen killed while transporting explosives in Diyala

• Third phase of employing Sahwa members begins

• Arab League suspends Syria mission

• Bahrain signs agreement to build teachers institute in Somalia

• Kuwait contributes $10 million to nuclear fuel bank

• Iraqi policemen killed in Tikrit

• Iraqi military arrest eight suspected al-Qaeda members in Ninawa

• Iraqi army arrests four suspected al-Qaeda members near Baghdad

• Funeral mourners killed in suicide bomb attack near Baghdad

• Five demonstrators killed in Aleppo

• Turkish company to begin Mosul beautification campaign

• Saudi Arabia and Germany sign antiquities excavation agreement

• Egyptian stock exchange reports strong trading

• Iraqi government approves draft freedom of expression bill

• UNICEF: 500,000 Yemeni children could die of malnutrition

• Terrorism suspects arrested in Baghdad and Salah al-Din

• Red Cross demands investigation of official's death in Syria

• Militants kill policeman and his entire family in Babil

• Jordanian parliamentarians urge government to amend 2012 budget bill

• Sahwa member and family killed east of Fallujah

• Iraqi army arrests gunmen in Tikrit

• 'Al-Qaeda emir' arrested in Baghdad

• UAE to settle loans of thousands of citizens

• Iraqi security personnel deployed in force around Mosul

• Saudi Ministry of Labour offers incentive to hire disabled employees

• Iraqi Ministry of Housing re-opens buildings destroyed by terrorism

• EU to promote human rights in Yemen

• Baghdad police rescue five children taken by kidnappers

• Iraqi army arrests 23 suspected of crossing border illegally

• Egypt to lift state of emergency Wednesday

• Gulf countries announce withdrawal of observers from Syria

• Bombs rip through civilian areas of Baghdad, killing 15

• Call for new international convention to protect journalists

• Eleven arrested for killing Sahwa members in Baghdad

• Iraqi police arrest 12 terrorism suspects in Dhi Qar

• Syria rejects Arab League's resolutions

• Egyptian parliament holds first session, elects al-Katatni as speaker

• Qatar's population increased by 1 million in 2010

• $112 million allocated to replace Diyala mud-brick schools

• Three Iraqis killed in armed attack on Baghdad house

• Eleven individuals wanted in connection with terrorism arrested in Basra

• IED plant discovered in Ninawa

• Muslim Brotherhood wins 47% of Egyptian parliament

• Yemen's parliament approves immunity for President Saleh

• Al-Qaeda leader and 19 operatives arrested in Mosul

• Three Iraqi engineers kidnapped north of Kut

• Bahraini pilot training program launched

• Increased airport security planned during January 25th celebrations

• Three Iraqi policemen killed, two wounded in Kirkuk

• Iraqi police arrest four suspected al-Qaeda members in Anbar

• Sharia judge arrested in Salah al-Din

• Three policemen killed in armed attack in Aden

• Saudi Shura Council summons social affairs minister

• Kuwait forms election-monitoring committee

• Iraq, Egypt discuss military co-operation

• Yemen to deploy 100,000 soldiers to secure early presidential election

• Iraqi police arrest gunmen planting IED in Baquba

• Two policemen, three civilians killed in Samarra attack

• Iraqi forces arrest al-Qaeda leader in Ninawa

• Jordanian court releases last batch of detained Salafists

• Bulgarian company to build waste treatment plants across Iraq

• UAE and China sign agreement to reduce currency swap risks

• Gunmen kill Sahwa leader and his sons in Baghdad

• Basra police arrest three suspects for supplying explosives to terrorists

• Judge killed in Baghdad

• Syrian opposition announces ceasefire in al-Zabadani

• Jordanian legislators urge government to accelerate submission of laws

• UN to train Arab League observers for work in Syria

• Iraq and Saudi Arabia sign contract to build cement factory

• Five Iraqi policemen killed in Anbar

• Police arrest 14 Nakshabandia Army suspects in Kirkuk

• Egyptian interior minister warns against vandalism during January 25 celebrations

• Yemeni foreign minister says presidential election may be delayed

• Iraqi forces arrest 98 terror suspects during security operations in Baghdad

• Jordanian-European programme launched to support telecom sector

• Candidate registration in Egypt presidential race opens in April

• UN worker kidnapped in Yemen

• Basra police arrest seven suspects tied to suicide bombing

• Iraq completes preparations to host Arab Summit

• Second Doha forum for combating human trafficking begins

• Al-Assad grants general pardon; opposition condemns move

• Iraqi forces kill four gunmen in Salah al-Din security operation

• Ten Iraqis killed in Ninawa and Babil attacks

• Al-Qaeda captures city south of Sanaa

• Arab League 'to reassess Syria mission'

• Bahrain to improve private sector salaries

• Syrian opposition to announce military council

• Saudi Arabia signs final Haramain train contract

• El-Baradei ends Egypt presidency bid

• Salah al-Din prepares for independent status referendum

• Suicide bomber kills 53, wounds 173 at Basra celebration

• Suspected al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists arrested in Salah al-Din

• World Food Programme: Saudi donations benefitted 60 countries

• Japan gives Iraq a loan to support service projects

• Saudi patrol attacked by Molotov cocktails

• Egyptian court releases 60 defendants tied to riots

• Eleven suspects arrested in Wasit

• Saudi Arabia to introduce online domestic worker visa applications

• Kirkuk police foil assassination attempt on legislator

• Trial of police officers accused in blogger's death begins in Bahrain

• Mayor of Hit killed outside mosque

• Iraqi army kills two militants in Mosul

• Iraqi army thwarts suicide bombers near Baghdad

• Yemen gives armed groups 48-hour deadline to leave Sanaa

• Egyptian military declares January 25th national holiday

• Saudi Arabia, Oman sign air transport deals

• Saudi Arabia gives Jordan $240 million roadwork grant

• Iraqi parliament investigates corruption in electricity contracts

• Two Iraqi soldiers, one gunman killed in Ninawa clash

• Ansar al-Sunna leader arrested in Diyala

• Iraqi Health Ministry lays foundation stones for 15 hospitals

• Bahrain eyes reforms to boost parliament power

• Baghdad police foil seven attempted bombings

• Iraqi army targets al-Qaeda in Babil

• Saudi judiciary begins trial against 16 al-Qaeda suspects

• Al-Qaeda Kurdish Battalions designated as terrorist organization

• Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for violence in Baghdad

• Lebanese president calls for new electoral law

• First nuclear power plant in Jordan by 2020

• Ninawa security force confronts terror suspects

• Wasit police arrest seven suspects

• Iraqi security discovers explosives factory near Baghdad

• Gunmen target police homes in Anbar, Salah al-Din

• 32 civilians killed in Syria

• Yemni government approves Saleh immunity law

• Attacks kill 17 around Baghdad and Hilla

• GCC economic growth to slow in 2012

• Jordan confirms integrity of next parliamentary election

• Muslim Brotherhood wins 35% of votes in third round of Egyptian election

• Car bomb workshop discovered near Baghdad

• Six Iraqis killed in terrorist attacks

• Syrian security forces kill 36, arrest hundreds

• Bahrain launches 4G-LTE Internet service

• Baghdad bus bombing kills two children, four others

• Jordan PM meets Islamist leaders

• Iraqi leaders to hold national reconciliation conference

• Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in Ninawa

• Damascus suicide bomber kills 25

• Turkish company begins work on Kirkuk housing project

• Iraqi police arrest 10 suspects in Anbar

• Al-Zarqawi mentor sentenced to five years imprisonment in Jordan

• Prosecution accuses Mubarak of taking part in protestor deaths

• Free Syrian Army demands Arab League withdraw observers

• Series of explosions kill scores in Baghdad and Nasiriyah

• Jordan weighs Qatari gas imports

• Iraq replaces last mud-brick schools

• Turkish firm awarded Tikrit international airport project

• Yemeni non-oil industries falter

• Gunmen attack and burn Aden hotel

• Basra police arrest seven suspected al-Qaeda members

• Sahwa leader, family members killed in Babil

• Syrian army defectors clash with government forces

• Iraq frees over 500 prisoners

• Iraq, Kuwait sign travel visa deal

• Kuwait, China hold oil talks

• Jordan to debate independent electoral commission law

• Iraqi forces arrest al-Qaeda leader near Mosul

• Iraq urges emigrant to return

• Hama gas pipeline bombed

• Third round of Egyptian elections under way