May 08, 2012

BAGHDAD [MENL] -- Iraq has ordered the release of a commander of the
Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah.

May 09, 2012

CAIRO [MENL] -- For the first time since their deployment more than 30 years
ago, members of an international peace-keeping force have been abducted in
Egypt.

May 13, 2012

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States intends to resume weapons exports to
Bahrain.

May 13, 2012

CAIRO [MENL] -- The Islamist opposition, despite the deployment of hundreds
of international observers, has asserted that Algerian parliamentary
elections were ridden with fraud.