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Yemen ceasefire sticking points

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Fighting goes one as rebels talk of 'reservations'
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Character assassination

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Jailed Mauritanian journalist was victim of smear
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From jihad to the stars and stripes

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Why Yemeni separatist is flying the American flag
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Female circumcision 'declining'

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Demonstrators call on Egyptian government to implement law against FGM
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Yemen ceasefire hopes rise

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Government presents rebels with timetable for ending war
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A Yemeni view

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'The international community’s options are very limited'
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Journalist sentenced again

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Mauritanian editor to spend two more years in jail
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Saudis 'torture Houthi rebels'

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Video shows beatings of suspects
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Arabs, gay rights and modernity

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'Modernity is a package deal and not an à la carte menu'
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Land of the free, home of the brave ...

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Separatist leader hoists US flag in Yemen
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New elections in Saudi Arabia?

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Government prepares revised law for municipal councils
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Chaos and the Arab state

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With so many authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, why is there so much disorder and indiscipline?
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Junblatt versus Jumblatt

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More on the great spelling debate
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Family values in Iraq

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Cash incentives to promote polygamy
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Arabic and the Roman alphabet

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Does spelling really matter?
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Yemen's non-ceasefire

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Both sides say it's up to the other to make the first move
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