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.