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  1. Saudi Women Are Driving Toward Equality

    24 June 2011 21:46 BST | Comments (1)

    rita-henley-jensen | The Word on Women

    On Friday, June 17, more than a handful of women in Saudi Arabia got behind the wheel and simply drove. None was arrested or ...

  2. A woman displays her hand-made goods at the annual market for hand-made crafts in Riyadh in this file picture. REUTERS/Stringer

    A woman’s voice louder than a thousand bureaucrats

    02 June 2011 20:38 BST | Comments (0)

    kathryn-marshall | The Word on Women

    Manal Al-Sharif is doing more to advance women’s rights in Saudi Arabia than the United Nations, NGOs and western feminists ...

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    Progress on adaptation at Cancun – but still plenty to do in 2011

    05 January 2011 17:09 GMT | Comments (0)

    Sven Harmeling | Climate Conversations

    Climate adaptation made progress at Cancun, but it's just one milestone on a long, hard and dusty journey ahead

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Pro-government protesters hold Bahrain and Saudi flags as they participate in a rally to show support towards GCC Union, in al Fateh Grand Mosque in Manama

Pro-government protesters hold Bahrain and Saudi flags as they participate in a rally to show support towards GCC Union, in al Fateh Grand Mosque in Manama

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Syria rebels kidnap 13 Lebanese Shi'ite men

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