• U.S. poised to increase aid to Yemen following airstrikes against alleged militants

• Dubai unveils Burh Khalifa, world’s tallest tower, as area’s debts continue to pile up

• Egypt blocks aid to Gaza as thousands of local, international activists rally in Cairo

• Disastrous earthquake strikes in Haiti, death toll in tens of thousands with millions homeless

• Cancer — the deadly legacy of the Iraq invasion; depleted uranium munitions blamed

• Humanitarian crisis in Haiti: Arabs, Muslims locally and beyond answer the call

• Harsher Gaza war looming on the horizon after series of Israeli airstrikes?

• Lebanon, Dearborn in mourning after Ethopian Airlines plane crash in Mediterranean

• Arab nations unite, send aid to Haiti; former U.S. Congress woman McKinney criticizes UN relief efforts

• UN report challenges Israeli version of attack on civilian building in Gaza siege

• Shi’a pilgrims targeted as Iraq bombings intensify

• Polls find little evidence Iranian public sees government as illegitimate in contrast with American media views

• Amnesty International criticizes Israel for latest response to Gaza violations

• Egyptian government continues construction on anti-Gaza “wall of shame”

• Europeans press Israel over Hamas killing row; Mossad agents used European passports in Dubai plot

• Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah vows to hit Israel’s Ben Gurion airport in event of repeat Beirut airport strike

• Sharing Jerusalem touted as “key to wider peace” in Arab-Israeli conflict

• Mideast Christians face uncertain future; Lebanon, Syria recognized as safest places

• Mossad hit backfires on Netanyahu again; exposes Hamas’ weaknesses

• 6,000 candidates run for 325 seats in Iraqi election

• American activist Rachel Corrie’s death brings civil suit over death by Israeli bulldozer in Gaza for one symbolic dollar

• VP Joe Biden visits Jerusalem as defiant Israel continues with illegal settlement-building plans

• Armenian genocide vote threatens ties with Turkeyat key moment

• ‘Day of Rage’ erupts over continued Israeli takeover of East Jerusalem

• Egyptian human rights abuses in spotlight as UN slams abuse of 1967-instituted Emergency Law

• Iraqi election increases women in parliament regardless of vote count

• Lengthy talks fail to resolve U.S.-Israeli tensions at annual AIPAC conference

• Israel recognizing Obama means business

• Obama pushes speedy Iran sanctions

• Obama said to mull Israel-Palestinian peace plan

• U.S. and Russia sign nuclear pact

• Critics question ElBaradel promise of change

• Obama can stop funding illegal settlements

• Yemen refuses to hunt Al-Awlaki for US

• Election in Iraq sets off new political tussle

• Sen. Feinstien: Two-state solution will end Hizbullah threat

• Iraq: Imam assassination sparks fears of violence

• Jordan: Women make progress but honor killings persist

• Bad faith in the holy city

• West Bankers made refugees in their own country

• Young Lebanese demonstrate for secularism in Beirut

• Unity or annihilation — the real choice for Palestinians (again)

• Egypt PA complicit in Israel’s Gaza blockade

• Renowned scholar Suleiman dies

• Deadly blast hit Sadr city

• Yemen’s sorrowful options: revolt, migrate or die

• Free Gaza Flotilla undeterred by Israeli threats

• Israel averts international probe on Gaza atrocities

• Egypt extends Emergency Law another two years

• Israeli document: Gaza blockade isn’t about security

• Soccer’s biggest stage set in South Africa

• Israeli flotilla attack may violate international maritime laws

• UN discusses Iran sanctions deal

• Africa united for World Cup, but will it last?

• Iraq MPs vote in new government

• Pakistan sinking in despair

• Wikileaks saga: No top secrets, but damaging nonetheless

• Wikileaks reveals treacherous terrain for Iran policy

• Rahaf Abdallah crowned Miss Lebanon 2010

• Religious harmony existed before Iraq invasion

• U.S. Muslim travelers warned of ‘forced exile’, know your rights 

• Memorial services to be held for Gaza aid flotilla victims

• Ahmadinejad: U.S. to start new Mideast wars

• Iran denies grenade attack on Ahmadinejad

• Israel threatens to pull out of UN’s Gaza flotilla probe

• Blair reveals Syria’s claims were well-founded 

• Obama’s Afghanistan strategy increasingly under siege 

• Turkey threatens to cut ties with Israel

• BP in the Gulf — the Persian Gulf, A long infamous history

• Former commander: Israeli troops torture children

• Israeli Navy storms humanitarian flotilla

• Switch to Petraeus betrays Afghan policy crisis

• France to ban full Islamic veil from public spaces

• Iran a threat? I mean, really?

• No sex education please, we’re Arab

• U.S. and Russia sign nuclear pact

• Cut off the cash and Israel might behave

• Israeli women soldiers break the silence

• Israel now builds separation wall with Africa

• Iraqi kids struggle on dangerous edges

• Egypt’s duplicity stands exposed

• Lebanon pressured to improve Palestinians’ lot

• Egypt rejects interference in elections

• How Israel and U.S. plan to destroy Hizballah, remake Middle East 

• Exclusive peace talks are easier to arrange, but is the result durable

• U.S. scrambles to save peace talks

• U.S. wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq

• Last U.S. combat brigade leaves Iraq

• Stormy times as U.S. withdraws

• Direct Mideast talks collapse, Gulf states back Palestinians 

• Tariq Aziz shifted to Iraqi custody

• Local Muslims mourn Fadlallah 

• Palestinian refugees in Lebanon: Righting a perpetual wrong

• King Abdullah, Assad, declare united support for Lebanon’s stability

• Democratic Egypt needed for two state solution

• Netanyahu pounds war drums

• Yemen funneled U.S. aid to insurgency war

• Yemen ‘abandons’