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VIDEO: Should GCC push for economic unity?

26.05.2012 18:29 should Gulf leaders be focussing on getting the basics of economic integration right before looking to the loftier ambitions of full unity?

'Appalling Syria crime' condemned

26.05.2012 18:11 International leaders condemn the reported killing of at least 90 people, including children, in the Syrian town of Houla, by government forces.

An oasis where Saudi citizens can really relax

26.05.2012 13:00 The huge new park where Saudi women can unveil

Fading optimism of the Arab Spring

26.05.2012 13:00 The long hard road ahead for the Arab spring

Polarised Egypt result confirmed

26.05.2012 10:46 The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi and old regime figure Ahmed Shafiq will contest June's Egypt presidential run-off, state media confirm.

Regional rise of the Muslim Brotherhood

26.05.2012 09:07 Regional rise of Muslim Brotherhood appears irresistible

VIDEO: Syria unrest fuels Lebanon fears

25.05.2012 23:33 The bloodshed in Syria has spilled over the border into neighbouring Lebanon, fuelling fears of a return to the sectarian violence seen the past.

'At least 50 die' in Homs assault

25.05.2012 23:27 At least 50 people, including 13 children, are killed in a town in Syria's restive province of Homs, opposition activists say, calling it a "massacre".

Libya PM lays Fletcher wreath

25.05.2012 21:55 Libyan interim prime minister Abdurrahim El-Keib lays a wreath at the spot where policewoman Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead in London in 1984.

Top Egypt candidate seeks allies

25.05.2012 21:54 Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for talks to "save" the uprising ahead of a run-off in the country's first-ever free presidential election.

VIDEO: Axe to eagle: Egypt's presidential emblems

25.05.2012 21:35 This year's presidential candidates in Egypt have been flaunting various emblems from the axe to the eagle.

VIDEO: Rastan: Life inside a rebel stronghold

25.05.2012 21:24 BBC reporter Paul Wood has been inside the Syrian town of Rastan, which has been under attack by the country's military despite a UN brokered ceasefire.

Suicide bomber kills 12 in Yemen

25.05.2012 20:45 A suicide car bomber kills at least 12 people in Yemen's northern town controlled by Shia rebels, officials say.

Nations 'wasting time' on climate

25.05.2012 19:57 The latest round of UN climate talks is nearing its end, with observers saying little progress has been made against a "coalition of the unwilling".

Organ suspect 'held in Israel'

25.05.2012 19:52 A key suspect in an organ-trafficking case in Kosovo is arrested in Israel, European Union prosecutors in Kosovo say.