Foreign minister says Yemen studying mediation offer

SANAA: Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Kurbi said Yemen's government is studying an initiative by Gulf Arab states to end a months-long confrontation with anti-regime protesters, in a statement published Friday.…

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Iraqi forces clash with residents at Iranian camp

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces clashed with residents of an Iranian dissident camp north of Baghdad overnight on Friday, the Iraqi government said, and an Iranian opposition group said residents were…

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UN rights investigators to start probe in Libya

GENEVA: UN investigators said on Friday they would start next week to probe alleged human rights violations committed in Libya by both forces loyal to Moammar Qaddafi and rebels trying…

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NATO says no apology for strike on Libyan rebel tanks

AJDABIYA: NATO refused Friday to apologize for a deadly airstrike on Libyan rebel tanks and dismissed talk of a military stalemate, as the insurgents regrouped their scattered forces in the…

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Indonesian example counters fears of radical religious states in Tunisia/Egypt

By Testriono JAKARTA: Many scholars are pessimistic that Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution and the political transition in Egypt will successfully bring about democracy in these countries, and worry that there is a…

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Learning to float

By Yu Yongding BEIJING: Despite shaky economic fundamentals, US government securities are usually regarded as a safe haven. Whenever a crisis erupts, the value of US Treasury bonds gets a boost.…

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Measuring the revolutionary wave

By Ian Bremmer NEW YORK: A prediction three months ago that popular protests would soon topple a dictatorship in Tunisia, sweep Hosni Mubarak from power in Egypt, provoke civil war in…

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THE REEL ESTATE: Cracking the Source Code

British filmmaker Duncan Jones — the son of British rock legend David Bowie — made a big splash two years ago with his acclaimed debut feature “Moon” starring Sam Rockwell.…

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Crisis mis-management

By John Drake LONDON: It has been some time since so many crises affected the Middle East and North Africa and many companies have been caught out — and there is…

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Japan’s political tremors

By Ian Buruma NEW YORK: Rarely — indeed, perhaps not since World War II — have the Japanese had such good press abroad. Even South Korean newspapers have been full of…

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