Jordan signals crackdown vs. dissidents
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AMMAN -- Antiriot police surrounded the headquarters of Jordan's powerful Islamist dominated professional unions yesterday to prevent an anti-US rally in support of Iraqi insurgents.
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An assassination and continued unrest focus scrutiny on the country's Palestinian refugees
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister went to Jordan on Tuesday for meetings with tribal figures and other influential Iraqis in a bid to encourage Sunni Muslims to participate in the Jan.
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KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwaiti police intensified their crackdown on Islamic militants yesterday, storming several suspected hideouts and arresting a reputed terror leader after a shootout that killed four suspects and a civilian. The fighting in Mubarak Al Kabir, south of Kuwait City, left three terror suspects and three police officers wounded, officials said. One of the three suspects who surrendered ...
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Police and Iraqi National Guardsmen say that they have received more tips from the public, resulting in more arrests and greater effectiveness in their efforts to weaken the violent insurgency rocking the country.
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Jordanian police exchanged gunfire with a small group of armed men suspected of stealing electricity and water in a town near the Israeli border, the official Petra news agency reported. One of the gunmen was killed and several were arrested.
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Jewish settlers are meeting to decide whether to break the law in protest at Israel&#39;s planned disengagement plan. Settler leader Pinhas Wallerstein is calling for civil disobedience, saying large numbers are willing to face prison to save the settlements.
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The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, vowed Wednesday to crack down on armed groups operating in Palestinian areas in preparation for the scheduled Jan. 9 presidential election for a successor to Yasir Arafat.
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The interim Iraqi government plans to meet soon in Jordan with rebel leaders to try to persuade them to take part in politics.
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Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered heads of his Mehdi Army militia to leave Iraq and asked the government to arrest "outlaws" under a U.S.-backed crackdown, Iraq's president said on Thursday.
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The Middle East is on the verge of three civil wars -- in Iraq, Palestinian territories and Lebanon -- unless strong action is taken urgently by the international community, Jordan's King Abdullah warned on Sunday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The top Palestinian  decision-making body Sunday made its strongest appeal for  militants to stop attacks since Yasser Arafat's death last  November and replacement by President Mahmoud Abbas.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Hundreds of security forces made a show of force in two Saudi cities yesterday to ward off protests against the royal family, chasing a few would-be demonstrators in the streets and arresting several others, after a dissident called for a day of marches.
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The latest crackdown comes before a protest planned this week against new government curbs on the news media, a government official acknowledged Wednesday.
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Iran is in the midst of a sweeping crackdown that both Iranians and U.S. analysts compare to a cultural revolution in its attempt to steer the oil-rich theocracy back to the rigid strictures of the 1979 revolution.
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As Iraqis voted, Egypt was cracking down on political dissidents.
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The latest in a series of high-profile arrests indicated a heightened crackdown on Shiite militias.