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Gwynne Dyer: Syria key in Arab alliances

Catherine Field: Troubles a test for land of religious diversity

Linchpin Arab state at crossroads

Through the cobbled alleys of Damascus' old city and beyond into the drab jungle of Soviet-style apartment blocks, nothing, it seems, misses the Syrian President's gaze.

15 dead in new clashes in southern Syria

Syrian police launched a relentless assault on a neighbourhood sheltering anti-government protesters, fatally shooting at least 15 in a pre-dawn operation, witnesses said.

Gwynne Dyer: Syria could test limits of Western intervention

Middle East unrest doesn't equal revolution - professor

The wave of protests across the Middle East and North Africa don't yet constitute revolution and real democratic change may be decades away, Auckland University associate professor Stephen Hoadley says.

Power of brutality and its limits

Lessons from an extraordinary uprising - for protesters and police alike.

Success: Business banks on mobile money

Cellphone entrepreneur tries again, with venture targeting emerging markets.

Three Wise Men and a couple of burqas

The presenters of motoring show <i>Top Gear</i> have caused controversy after dressing in burqas while filming in the Middle East.