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Shiite Protesters in Bahrain Besiege PM Office

MANAMA, Bahrain -- Thousands of Shiite opposition supporters blocked the entrance to the prime minister's office but failed to disrupt a government meeting on Sunday as the campaign for reform in the strategic Gulf nation enters its third week. Bahrain's Shiite majority has long complained of discrimination and political...

Saudi King Announces Wage Hikes, Holds Fast Against Political Reform

MANAMA, Bahrain -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah announced today a $10.7 billion package of benefits for citizens after returning to the country from a three-month absence for medical treatment. But there was no mention of political reforms despite popular uprisings sweeping across the Arab world. The economic incentives...

Thousands Join Bahrain Protests; King to Free Some Political Prisoners

MANAMA, Bahrain -- Marchers chanting "the people want the downfall of the regime" flooded the major thoroughfare leading into Pearl Square today in the biggest protest Bahrain has seen since anti-government demonstrations began 10 days ago. Tens of thousands of men walked from the Bahrain mall into the capital's main...

Hezbollah Threatens Israeli Leaders, Warns It's Ready for Next War

The head of Hezbollah today told his fighters that Israel would pay a heavy price if it invaded Lebanon again and warned Israeli leaders that they could be assassinated "anywhere ... at any time" by his operatives. "I say to the fighters of the Islamic resistance: Be ready," Hassan Nasrallah said during a televised...

Hezbollah Candidate to Form Lebanese Government

BEIRUT -- The candidate backed by Iranian-allied Hezbollah was designated Tuesday to form Lebanon's next government, angering Sunnis who protested the rising power of the Shiite militant group by burning tires and torching a van belonging to Al-Jazeera. The president appointed Harvard-educated billionaire businessman and...