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• Satanic drawings found in deserted mosque

  Saudi authorities decided to demolish a deserted mosque after its internal walls were found daubed with inscriptions

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  Dad cuts son’s head off

  When he was asked about his son, he replied “gone with the wind”

• Army attacks Syria's Homs, 200 killed: activists

  The Syrian army unleashed a massive attack on the city of Homs early Saturday, bombing the protest hub and killing at

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  A costly price of gallantry

  A Saudi driver had apparently thought he was doing a big favour to a man when he stopped for him on a motorway and gave

• Islamist-led opposition wins majority in Kuwait parliament

  Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition has won a landslide majority in Kuwait's snap polls by securing 34 seats in the 50-

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  Mideast injects Dh661bn in energy projects

  UAE carries out 20 projects worth Dh125.5bn

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  Jordan quits Syrian mission

  But Arab League observer chief satisfied

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  Merkel urges China to use influence on Iran

  Beijing appears to reject pressure to do more on Tehran

• Iraq court agrees execution of church attackers

  Iraq's highest court ratified death sentences on Thursday for three men convicted of a 2010 attack on a Syrian Catholic

• Gunmen demand Saleh picture back on Yemen daily

  Gunmen loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh besieged the offices of Yemen's main daily on Thursday after it stopped

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  Kuwaitis vote for new parliament

  Snap polls to form fourth legislature in less than 6 years

• Rival Libyan militias fight gunbattle in capital

  Rival militias fought a two-hour gunbattle over a luxury beach house being used as a barracks in the Libyan capital on

• Middle East turmoil draws Turkey and Iraqi Kurds closer

  Iraqi Kurds may help Turkey to end war with PKK

• Iraq to host first Arab summit since revolts

  Iraq is to host an Arab summit on March 29, the first since the Arab Spring that swept away several dictators and

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  Search for young man abducted by Djinns

  Omani man went missing near Mudar Mountain

• Kuwaitis start voting to elect new parliament

  Kuwaitis started casting votes Thursday in a snap poll to elect the fourth parliament in less than six years with

• Shareholders’ 'rift' stops Saudi newspaper

  A key Saudi Arabic language daily stopped its operations this week after a rift between the shareholders, denying

• Abducted aid workers to be freed in Yemen-kidnapper

  Six foreign aid workers kidnapped by Yemen tribesmen from a tourist area west of Sanaa will be released on Thursday,

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  Deaths mount in Syria as Russia veto UN

  Fierce clashes across Syria killed 59 people: Activists

• IAEA sets date for new nuclear talks in Tehran

  The UN atomic watchdog IAEA said Wednesday it would hold new talks in Tehran this month, as its chief inspector