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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - One of Saudi Arabia's most senior clerics said he was not consulted about King Abdullah's decision to grant women more political rights, one of the first signs of discontent from powerful conservatives since the reform was announced.In ...

The Obama administration is considering placing the Haqqani network on its list of terror groups after blaming the militants for deadly attacks in Afghanistan, a US official said Monday.Seven leaders of the Haqqani network, which operates from safe havens in Pakistan and ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's former top U.S. diplomat pressed the United States to support a Palestinian bid to upgrade its U.N. status, saying that its longtime ally would "risk losing the little credibility it has in the Arab world" if it ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The election to replace Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress after being revealed as an internet womanizer who used Twitter to send lewd pictures of himself, is more competitive than anyone expected.Republicans are hoping for an upset in ...

Raise taxes and make sensible cutsI'm getting tired of people constantly complaining about the lack of action by Congress. If they want someone to blame, they should look in the mirror.The solution for America's financial problems is simple: Raise taxes and make ...

The Syrian opposition is becoming "more cohesive" and "more broadly representative" of the country as a whole, a US official said Friday.Mark Toner, the State Department's deputy spokesman, told CNN that a real opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was beginning to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed new financial sanctions on Syria Wednesday and edged closer to issuing an explicit call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down.With international pressure intensifying on Assad over his brutal crackdown on protests, one U.S. ...

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Wednesday that as president he would draw down U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan as quickly as possible."As rapidly as the generals think is safe," Gingrich ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tea Party movement-backed lawmakers have marched in lockstep toward the goal of shrinking the government but that unity dissolves when it comes to America's role in the world.Republicans who were elected to Congress with support of the grassroots movement ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain, his party's 2008 presidential nominee, ripped into the current crop of Republican White House contenders, accusing them of breaking party tradition by preaching "isolationism."McCain said if former President Ronald Reagan were still alive he would ...

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Topic: Middle East

Saudi cleric discontent after women's rights move

US weighs blacklisting Haqqani network

Saudi prince calls on U.S. to back Palestinian U.N. status

Democrat faces close race in New York stronghold

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Syrian opposition 'more cohesive,' US says

U.S. imposes Syria sanctions, set to urge Assad exit

Gingrich says would bring troops home faster

Tea Partiers show mixed views on foreign policy

McCain rips Republican candidates for "isolationism"

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