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Bahrain`s One-Woman Democracy

CNN confuses female Bahraini ambassador for man as unarmed protesters are shot at point-blank range by Bahraini police.

(ISTANBUL) - Tired of hearing about the deadly repression of pro-democracy demonstrators by the Bahraini regime?

Treat yourself to the recent Haaretz profile of Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo, Bahrain’s ambassador to the U.S.

Flowers of Arab Spring Will Bloom in the Desert

Saudi Arabia should focus on improving the lot of its own people instead of invading other countries.

(TEHRAN) - Saudi Arabia’s decision to send troops to Bahrain to put down an uprising in the neighboring country is not going to prevent the Arab spring of 2011 from blooming in the dessert kingdom.

The Saudi invasion, made on the “invitation” of Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and after the visit of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, will most probably backfire.

Saudi Arabia Urged Not to Deliberately Paralyze Man as Retribution Punishment

Saudi Arabia regularly sentences people to various forms of corporal punishment.

(TABUK, Saudi Arabia) - Amnesty International has urged the Saudi Arabian authorities not to deliberately paralyze a man in retribution for similar injuries he allegedly caused during a fight.

Reports say a court in Tabuk, in the north-west of the country, had approached a number of hospitals about the possibility of cutting the man’s spinal cord to carry out the punishment of qisas (retribution), as requested by the injured victim.

FLASHBACK - Saudis Reject Pakistani Diplomat Whose Name Translates to `Biggest Dick`

In Saudi Arabia, size does count.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A high level Pakistani diplomat has been rejected as Ambassador of Saudi Arabia because his name. Akbar Zeb, equates to "Biggest Dick" in Arabic.