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This is an archive article published on March 31, 2011

Elsewhere in the Mideast

President Bashar al-Assad defied calls to lift a decades-old emergency law.

Assad not to lift emergency law

DAMASCUS: President Bashar al-Assad defied calls Wednesday to lift a decades-old emergency law. He said Syria was target of a foreign plot to stir protests in which over 60 people have been killed.

Bahrain arrests Internet activists

DUBAI: Bahrain arrested at least three Internet activists in a crackdown against pro-democracy protest that started two weeks ago,a human rights groups said on Wednesday.

Yemens Saleh makes new offer

SANAA: President Ali Abdullah Saleh has made a new offer to protesters,proposing he stays until polls are held,but he transfers powers to a caretaker government,an Opposition source said.

 

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