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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.

Osama bin Laden's three widows have been charged with illegally entering and living in Pakistan.

Libya urged Niger on Saturday to extradite Moammar Gadhafi's son Saadi, saying his call for Libyans to prepare for a coming uprising threatened bilateral ties. In response, Niger pledged to tighten house surveillance of Saadi, but reiterated he could not be handed over to a state where he could face execution.

In two separate reports, a high level Iranian Revolutionary Guard official and 15,000 troops are said to have arrived in Syria recently to aid Assad in his battle against rebel forces throughout the country.

An Arab League advisory body called for the immediate withdrawal of Arab monitors from Syria, where eight more people were reported killed on Sunday, saying their mission was allowing Damascus to cover up unabated violence and abuses.

Moammar Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam Gadhafi is thought to hiding in the Sahara Desert, where he could potentially remain undetected for months.

Libyan rebels, who captured Moammar Gadhafi from a storm drain outside his hometown of Sirte, allegedly sodomized the former leader with an object just after he was detained.

New video of Moammar Gadhafi's capture in Sirte, Libya shows that revolutionary fighters attacked their former leader moments before he died.