Topic: Middle East (page 39)

Adam Clark Estes
The U.N. Security Council condemned Israeli settlements in Palestine like these before the U.S. vetoed the resolution.

U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution on Israeli settlements

Associated Press
FILE.- This Friday, March 2, 2007 file photo shows Libya's Moammar Gadhafi in Sabha, Libya Friday, March 2, 2007. Hundreds of Libyans calling for the government's ouster took to the streets early Wednesday in the country's second-largest city as Egypt-inspired unrest spread to the country long ruled by Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) (AP)

Teresa Cotsirilos
Friends and relatives chant anti-government slogans during the funeral of Mahmoud Maki Abu Taki, 22, who died during clashes between Bahraini anti-government protesters and riot police on Thursday, in Sitra village, Bahrain, Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (AP)

Hadeel Al-shalchi
In this image from video riot police firing tear gas and wielding clubs storm Pearl Square occupied by anti-government protesters before dawn Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 driving out demonstrators and destroying a makeshift encampment that had become the hub for demands to bring sweeping political changes to the kingdom. (AP Photo/Tony Mitchell, HO) (AP)

Bahrain's "regrettable" but necessary violence

Amy Steinberg
FILE.- This July 21, 2002 file photo shows Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, center, welcoming Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, right, who is guarded by a female bodyguard, left, upon his arrival at the Presidential Palace in Cairo. Hundreds of Libyans calling for the government's ouster took to the streets early Wednesday in the country's second-largest city as Egypt-inspired unrest spread to the country long ruled by Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)

Libya primer: The next Egypt?

Justin Spees
Supporters of the Yemeni government shout slogans as they try to enter Sanaa University where anti-government protestors gather, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Yemen sent 2,000 policemen into the streets of the capital on Wednesday to try to put down days of protests against the president of 32 years, a key U.S. ally in battling al-Qaida.The policemen, including plainclothes officers, fired in the air and blocked thousands of students at Sanaa University from joining thousands of other protesters elsewhere in the capital who were holding a sixth straight day of demonstrations. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (AP)

Ahmed Al-haj
Protestors supporting the government and opposed to strikes demonstrate in Tunis, Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011. Tunisia's so-called "Jasmine Revolution" has sparked scattered protests and civil disobedience in the Middle East and North Africa, and much of the world is watching to see how the birth pangs of Tunisian democracy play out. Poster reads: No to the violence. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi) (AP)

All you need to know about the Middle East unrest

Marian Wang - ProPublica
** ADDS BYLINE ** A relative, no name available, of 20-year-old Ali Abdul Hadi Mushaima, alledgedly killed in clashes with security forces Monday, reacts during the funeral to burial Daih, Bahrain Tuesday, Feb.15, 2011. Protesters demanding sweeping political reforms from Bahrain's rulers held their ground Wednesday in an Egypt-style occupation of the capital's landmark square. (AP Photo/James Lawler Duggan) (AP)

Army takes control in Bahrain, police raid protest

Hadeel Al-shalchi - AP/Salon
Mourners pray during the funeral for Fadhel Salman al-Matrook on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, in Manama, Bahrain. Al-Matrook was killed Tuesday when police tried to stop a funeral march for another Bahraini killed in anti-government protests. Protesters demanding sweeping political reforms from Bahrain's rulers held their ground Wednesday in an Egypt-style occupation of the capital's landmark square, staging a third day of demonstrations that have brought unprecedented pressures in one of Washington's most strategic allies in the Gulf. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) (AP)

Violence erupts in Bahrain

Associated Press

Palestinians want U.N. vote Friday on settlements

Associated Press
Map locates Benghazi, Libya, where there are protests to ouster the government (AP)

Protest waves surge in Middle East

Hadeel Al-shalchi
Protesters chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. Hundreds of Iraqis rallied in central Baghdad against corruption and the lack of government services that have plagued this country for years. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) (AP)

Associated Press
An Egyptian soldier walks up steps next to a stone mural with an image depicting former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday Feb. 15, 2011. On Tuesday, the Armed Forces Supreme Council said a panel of experts would craft constitutional amendments to allow free elections later this year. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) (AP)

Maggie Michael
This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows an Iranian protestor throwing stone at ant-riot police officers, during an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. Eyewitnesses report that sporadic clashes have erupted in central Tehran's Enghelab or Revolution square between security forces and opposition protesters. The demonstrators were chanting "death to the dictator," referring to the country's hardline president that the opposition believes was reelected through fraud in 2009. (AP Photo) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENT (AP)

Iranian leaders want blood after protests

Nasser Karimi
Senior member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Essam el-Erian talks during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. At top left is the Muslim Brotherhood logo. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Abou Zaid) (AP)

Lee Keath, Hamza Hendawi
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Brian Murphy
A depiction of the road to Tehran

Thousands descend upon Tehran in protest

Ali Akbar Dareini
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on during a ceremony to set the corner stone of the future Palestinian Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Abbas is on a three-day official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres). (AP)

Mohammed Daraghmeh
A member of the Egyptian special forces stands guard on the main floor of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum on Saturday, Jan. 29, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 75 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) (AP)

Jason Keyser
File - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looks on at his office as he meets with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov, not pictured, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, in this Wednesday, Feb.9, 2011 file picture. Switzerland has frozen whatever assets Hosni Mubarak and his associates may have there, and anti-corruption campaigners demand the same of other countries. But experts say hunting for the deposed Egyptian leader's purported hidden wealth _ let alone recovering it _ will be a task of epic proportions that could involve cracking through a wall of front companies. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, file) (AP)

Associated Press
Egyptian army military police and army soldiers form a line to clear protesters from the street and enable vehicles to pass in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. Egypt's military is taking down the makeshift tents of protesters who camped out on Tahrir Square in an effort to allow traffic and normal life to return to central Cairo. There were a few verbal altercations between soldiers and protesters Sunday morning as the tents were removed, but the process was generally peaceful. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) (AP)

Sarah El Deeb
An Algerian protester holds an Algerian flag as he walks in front of Police officers during a demonstration in Algiers, Algeria, Saturday Feb. 12, 2011. Some thousands of people defied a government ban on demonstrations and poured into the Algerian capital for a pro-democracy rally Saturday, a day after weeks of mass protests toppled Egypt's authoritarian leader. (AP Photo/Sidali Djarboub) (AP)

Twitter, Facebook down as Algerians protest

Aomar Ouali
Bill O'Reilly tries to reason with Glenn Beck on Friday night's show.

Not even Bill O'Reilly believes Glenn Beck now

Adam Clark Estes
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