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Syrian Leader to Address Nation Amid Protests

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syrian President Bashar Assad is to address the nation Wednesday for the first time since unprecedented protests erupted in this tightly controlled Arab country, a speech seen as a crucial test for his leadership and one that may determine Syria's future. Assad is expected to announce constitutional...

Bahrain Army Tears Down Pearl Square Monument, Symbol of Protests

MANAMA, Bahrain - Bahrain on Friday tore down the 300-foot (90-meter) monument at the heart of a square purged of Shiite protesters this week, erasing a symbol of an uprising that's inflaming sectarian tensions across the region. The monument - six white curved beams topped with a huge cement pearl - was built in Pearl...

Bahrain Locks Down Kingdom as Uprising Surges

MANAMA, Bahrain -- Soldiers and riot police in Bahrain overran a protesters' camp, imposed a 12-hour curfew and choked off movement nationwide Wednesday. Witnesses described helicopters firing on homes in a hunt for Shiites and attacking doctors treating the wounded, while the government called the demonstrators "outlaws"...

Mariah Carey 'Embarrassed' Over Concert Performed for Gadhafis

NEW YORK -- Mariah Carey says she was unaware that she was booked to perform a concert linked to Gadhafi's clan -- and she's embarrassed "to have participated in this mess." Carey is among a handful of entertainers who were paid handsome fees to give exclusive private concerts. It was later revealed the people behind...

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06/01/12 U.S. influence in Mideast seen as waning Source: Rocky Mount Telegram - Rocky Mount NC (Palgrave Macmillan, $18.66), area expert Fawaz A. Gerges argues that the United States is losing influence in the Mideast, and that President Barack Obama has failed to live up to the expectations of many in the Arab and Muslim worlds to improve relations.
05/31/12 Facebook launches Mideast office in Dubai Source: FOX News Facebook Inc. launched its first office in the Arab world Wednesday, aiming to drum up new advertising business from Dubai as investors fret over its struggling share price.
05/30/12 Facebook launches Mideast office in Dubai Source: PhysOrg.com The online meet-up site and other social networking tools were instrumental in connecting activists during the wave of protests and revolutions that reverberated across the region last year.
05/24/12 Arab uprisings inspirational for world but... Source: NBC - WPTV 5 - Hanover VT The uprisings that have swept through the Mideast have inspired the world, but efforts by Arab dictators to crush the dissent have destabilized the region, the U.S. State Department said Thursday in its annual human rights report.
05/14/12 Scots feel prepared for regional run Source: The Daily Record - Wooster OH Early Monday morning after press time, it was announced that The College of Wooster was seeded sixth in the eight-team Mideast Regional at Marietta College.