MAY 15—The International Parliamentary Union has said that Algeria has become the first and only Arab country to have more than 30 percent of its parliamentary seats held by women. | Kuwait News Agency
MAY 15—Al-Asala, the major Salafi society in Bahrain, elected lawmaker Abdul Halim Murad as its new chairman. | Gulf News
MAY 15—Presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq hinted Monday in a public rally in Alexandria that he might appoint a Christian woman as his deputy if he is elected president. | Al-Masry al-Youm
MAY 15—Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said that the nuclear talks in Vienna have been “very constructive” as Iran and the IAEA begin the second day of negotiations. Some Western diplomats, however, expressed doubt that inspectors would gain access to the Parchin military site. | VOA; Reuters
MAY 15—The Central Criminal Court of Iraq opened the case in absentia against accused Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi after a two-week delay over a venue dispute, and heard testimony from families of three victims whose deaths he is accused of orchestrating. | Al Arabiya
MAY 15— A poll released by the University of Jordan’s Centre of Strategic Studies revealed that 56 percent of Jordanians have confidence in Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh to fulfill his mandate, namely the passage of political reform laws and improving citizens’ living conditions. | Jordan Times
MAY 15—The Lebanese army deployed in sectors of Tripoli affected by clashes, calming the area after three days of sectarian fighting that killed nine people. | Al Arabiya
MAY 15—Abdelhakim Belhaj, a Libyan Islamist who has commanded the Tripoli military council since the ouster of Moammar Qaddafi’s regime, has resigned from his post to enter politics and run for the constituent assembly. | Al-Arabiya
MAY 15—About 2,900 Moroccan judges began a week-long strike to protest against judicial corruption and interference by the executive branch. | Bloomberg
APRIL 22—An estimated 3,000 protesters rallied in the southern port of Salalah following Friday prayers on April 22 in one of the largest demonstrations since scattered unrest broke out two months ago. Protesters gathered outside of the governor’s office to demand reforms, particularly anti-corruption measures. | Reuters
MAY 15—Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails ended a hunger strike on Monday that had lasted for weeks, signing an agreement with the Israeli authorities that promised improved conditions, according to officials. | New York Times
MAY 15—The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council meeting chaired by Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah agreed to take more time to work out the details of the proposed Gulf Union and called on Iran to stop meddling in the affairs of Gulf states. | Arab News
MAY 15—Heavy rains coming to Sudan and South Sudan are expected to add to the serious woes of civilians in addition to border conflict and civil war. | AFP
MAY 15—The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Damascus have been negotiating on a plan for the distribution of aid throughout Syria, but U.N. envoys said the government and OCHA are deadlocked on the issue of who will be in charge. | Al Arabiya
MAY 15—The head of Tunisia’s first licensed Salafi party said today the group was intent on showing that democracy and strict adherence to Islam could co-exist in the secular nation that gave birth to the so-called Arab Spring uprisings. | Bloomberg
MAY 15—At least 42 people, including 30 Islamist militants, were killed in Yemen on Monday night and Tuesday as the government pressed ahead with a new offensive in the South. | Reuters
The Syrian opposition will fail to bring about change unless it develops a clear transition plan and a credible political strategy for winning over key sectors in Syria.
The Strategic and Economic Dialogue, scheduled to be held in May 2012, will mark the first formal U.S.-China bilateral dialogue since the United States announced its strategic pivot to the Asia-Pacific region last year.
Relations between Ukraine and the EU have reached their lowest point yet. It could be time for the EU to come up with a new plan.
Putin’s surprising decision to skip the G8 summit means that he is putting the stability of his power structure above his diplomatic engagements abroad.
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