Tunisia's challenging future
 Its people must work to overcome counterproductive polarisation and to find solutions to their country's problems
By Tariq Ramadan, Special to Gulf News - Gulf News - I last travelled to Tunisia almost 25 years ago. Zine Al Abidine Bin Ali and his regime had forbidden me entry; the Swiss authorities warned that: “an accident might happen at any time.” Now, as my flight winged south, my feelings swung between pleasure and apprehension.
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Occupy activists fear that America's pro-Israeli lobbyists want a war
 The Independent - “Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran!” sings the AIPAC delegate, striding cheerfully through illegal Israeli settlements in his sharp tan suit.
Granted, the settlements are three feet high and made of cardboard, part of a pop-up anti-war occupation outside the conference of Israel's top lobbying group, where President Obama is due to speak. As another war in the Middle East begins to look feasible, Occupy has begun to focus its energies on foreign policy.
Iraq hails improving security ties with Kingdom
 Saudi Gazette - BAGHDAD – A senior Iraqi security official Wednesday hailed improving security ties with Saudi Arabia.
Deputy Interior Minister Adnan Al-Assadi said Baghdad and Riyadh had already discussed working together on measures against terrorism, illegal narcotics, organized crime and cross-border smuggling, and would soon hold talks on prisoner exchanges.
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Iran dispute: more than a war of words
By LINDA HEARD - Arabnews - Just about every political pundit and politician in the world is mulling the advisability of an all-out US/Israel war with Iran. Opinions vary widely.
Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin recently predicted that to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities would result in “catastrophic” consequences. “The West has gotten carried away trying to punish some nations,” he said. “It reaches out for sanctions or even a military club at the drop of a hat.”
Syrian expats fear reach of regime
 The National - Carol Huang - DUBAI - Kotaiba Mohammed is convinced that when hundreds of his fellow Syrians protested near their consulate in Dubai this month, their country's secret police were watching.
About a thousand Syrians gather near Dubai consulate
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