07/16/11 ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday that Turkey could serve as a democratic model for the Middle East but warned about Ankara's efforts to limit media and restrict freedom of expression.
07/16/11 Robin Wright uses her four decades of journalism experience in the region to go beyond the usual sources in seeking a clearer understanding of the social and political upheaval underway. Robin Wright uses her four decades of journalism experience in the region to go beyond the usual sources in seeking a clearer understanding of the social and political upheaval underway.
07/16/11 Six UAE residents were killed in two accidents on the Muscat-Salalah Highway in Oman on Friday, according to the Royal Oman Police.
07/16/11 Istanbul, July 16 (IANS/WAM) United Arab Emirates has expressed the Arab states' committment to the welfare and help of Libyans facing an ongoing political crisis in their country.
07/16/11 FRONT LINE NEAR BIR GHANAM, Libya, July 16 (Reuters) - Ten Libyan rebels were reported killed and 172 wounded in an attack on the eastern oil port of Brega on Saturday, while insurgents drove back forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in the west.
07/16/11 As more violent protests erupted Saturday in Syria, hundreds of exiled activists from all walks of life gathered in Turkey to declare unity in their intention to oust the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
07/08/11 Arab Mayor Gary Beam said the proposed downtown bypass is on schedule.
07/07/11 Click here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox every weekday at 5pm, or if your usual copy has stopped arriving NOT DOING THINGS BY HALVES When Fifa made its bizarre but not entirely surprising decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, proper journalists and assorted other gnarled cynics labouring under the delusion that the selection process may not have been entirely fair immediately ...
07/06/11 Victims of crime might rightfully feel differently, but others can breathe a little sigh of relief. Crime is down - to varying degrees - as reported by the Arab Police Department, Marshall County Sheriff's Office and Alabama as a whole.
07/06/11 Sydney McKinney Galyen, left, gets help from her mom, Belinda McKinney, modeling the T-shirts she designed for LuLu's, the popular Gulf Shores restaurant owned by singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett's sister.
07/05/11 An Arab man has been arrested for what was described as a case of road rage.
07/05/11 The Fort Payne Aquacats will close out their 2011 regular season with an Alabama Recreation and Parks Association District II swim meet against Arab on Thursday afternoon at 5:30 at the city pool.
07/05/11 This is what our state lines might look like if we drew them based on who actually talks with each other, at least according to cell phone data gathered by MIT . These are the geographic clusters of who texts with whom within an area, from the MIT Senseable City Lab's Connected States of America mapping project . If volume of communication determined state lines, New York City would break ranks ...
07/01/11 Filed under: News From CBS News : A federal appeals court on Friday struck down Michigan's ban on the consideration of race and gender in college admissions, saying it burdens minorities and violates the U.S. Constitution. The 2-1 decision upends a sweeping law that forced the University of Michigan and other public schools to change admission policies. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said ...
07/01/11 After going the majority of the 2011 season without a victory, the Fort Payne swim team suddenly has two.
06/30/11 TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO was not involved in a French airlift of weapons to Libyan rebels, the alliance's chief said on Thursday, sharpening differences over how far Western powers should go to oust Muammar Gaddafi.
06/30/11 (06-30) 04:33 PDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Bahrain on Thursday stopped bringing anti-government protesters to trial at a special tribunal with military prosecutors, a lawyer said, ending a practice criticized...
06/30/11 Nicholas Kristof on Sudan's Other Genocide New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof lays out the current scene in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, "where we're getting accounts of what appears to be a particularly vicious campaign of ethnic cleansing, murder and rape." He explains that "government troops and government-backed Arab militias [are] systematically hunting down members of the black ...
06/29/11 Arab High School's new principal, Dr. Michael Douglas, will be the first - and second - to tell you that his predecessor, Patrick Crowder, left AHS in great shape. But Douglas also will tell you he has a competitive streak and believes there's always room for improvement.
06/21/11 On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this most American of holidays is marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country. | 
