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This Saturday and Sunday, Egyptians will head for polling station to choose who will be their first democratically elected president, but they are faced with a hard choice now that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, or SCAF, has seized greater control.

Saudi Arabia doesn?t show movies, to avoid angering clerics. But young talents are flocking to the Internet, and hoping to change the kingdom -- one film at a time.

Newly elected French President Francois Hollande on Friday called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down to prevent continuing violence. No solution to this crisis is possible without the departure of Bashar al-Assad, Hollande said.

On Thursday, Israel returned the bodies of 91 Palestinians to the West Bank and Gaza in hopes that the gesture would ease tensions between Israel and Palestine. Meanwhile, politicians suggest a unilateral move to partially remove Israeli forces from the West Bank.

A boatload of Russian arms will arrive in Syria next weekend, a Western source told the Al Arabia television station on Tuesday.

Monday's incident raises a serious question: What will happen if Shafiq wins the run-off election?

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon still believes Kofi Annan is the best hope of ending violence in Syria, although he admitted that at this time, we don't have any plan B.

Speaking from Damascus on Friday, a leader of the United Nations observer mission in Syria said the U.N. monitors' presence alone would not be enough to stop the ongoing violence there.

Burhan Ghalioun is quitting the Syrian National Council amid criticism of his leadership.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gave a rare television interview on Wednesday, appearing on Russia's official Rossia-24 news channel to tout the success of the May 7 parliamentary elections.

Rescuers have some recovered bodies of 50 people on board the brand new Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft, which crashed shortly after takeoff on Wednesday.

For the second straight Friday, Egyptian Islamists rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square to protect the revolution that brought an end to Hosni Mubarak.

Egyptian daily Al Ahram Thursday published an opinion piece that contained news about a new law known as the Farewell Intercourse Law which Egypt's parliament is considering to enact.

A controversial new law, dubbed Farewell Intercourse, could possibly come into effect in Egypt which states that husbands will be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives up to six hours after their death. The Farewell Intercourse law is just one of many new laws being introduced to Egyptians by the Islamist-dominated parliament. Other laws include the legal marriage age lowered to 14-years-old and women's rights to education and employment abolished.

On Friday, Cairo's Tahrir Square looked much the same as it did 15 months ago as tens of thousands of protestors gathered to call for the country's rulers to step down.

The deportation of three wives, eighth daughters and one grandchild of former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia was delayed because their passports were not ready, their lawyer said Wednesday.

Leaders of the Syrian opposition met with Russian delegates in Moscow on Monday.

The wives and children of former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will be deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia next week.

Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, a conservative Islamist candidate for the Egyptian presidency, is accusing opponents' supporters of forging California public records indicating that his mother was an American citizen.

Imprisoned Palestinian political and military leader Marwan Barghouti called on his countrymen to launch a resistance against Israel on Tuesday.

After at least 44 people were killed in Homs on Thursday, Syrian activists said they fear the city is headed toward another massacre.