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                    [Title] => Islamic State group says it'll mint its own coins
                    [Summary] => 

The leader of the Islamic State group has ordered the terror organization to start minting gold, silver and copper coins for its own currency — the Islamic dinar.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-15 02:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1482289 [AuthorName] => Maamoun Youssef [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20141114/Abu-Bakr-al-Baghdadi-ISIS-islamic-Militant-Leader.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1389464 [Title] => Saudi council urges easing ban on women driving [Summary] =>

A Saudi official says the kingdom's advisory council has recommended to the government for the first time the partial lifting of the ban on women driving, but with conditions: Only women over 30, only during the day, and no makeup allowed while driving.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-08 03:11:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1104685 [AuthorName] => Abdullah Al-Shihri [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1249281 [Title] => A look at advances, complications for Saudi women [Summary] =>

Saudi women reformers plan to flout a ban on driving Saturday. Here is a look at some of the milestones and roadblocks for women's rights in the ultraconservative kingdom since the last campaign to win women's right to drive in June 2011.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-25 06:23:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/4397/mi0o.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1243646 [Title] => Saudi women in top council want debate on driving [Summary] =>

Saudi women on the ultraconservative kingdom's top advisory council have called for a discussion on the sensitive issue of allowing women to drive, a move that could embolden reformers pushing to lift the ban.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-10 05:10:27 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1104691 [AuthorName] => Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 968741 [Title] => Egypt: Islamist lawmakers demand Morsi's return [Summary] =>

Islamist lawmakers in Egypt's disbanded upper house of parliament demanded yesterday the army reinstate ousted President Mohammed Morsi, and called on other legislatures around the world not to recognize the country's new military-backed leadership.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-14 06:08:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1484278 [AuthorName] => Maggie Michael [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 949296 [Title] => Egypt's long-scorned legislature deepens rift [Summary] =>

When voters went to the polls more than a year ago to vote for Egypt's upper house of parliament, most presumed the legislature would be the powerless talk shop that it had always been for 30 years.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-02 05:50:27 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1484278 [AuthorName] => Maggie Michael [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1782/48668337.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 893937 [Title] => News Analysis: Egyptians debate over draft law limiting protests [Summary] =>

The draft law limiting protests in Egypt, which is currently being studied after recently being announced by Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki, stirred up an overwhelming debate in the Egyptian political arena.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-06 10:00:33 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 891522 [Title] => Egypt president warns against new unrest [Summary] =>

Egypt's Islamist president warned against any unrest that could harm the drive to repair the country's battered economy in his first address before the newly convened upper house of parliament on Saturday, urging the opposition to work with his government.In the nationally televised speech, Mohammed Morsi said the nation's entire efforts should be focused on "production, work, seriousness and effort," now that a new constitution came into effect this week, blaming protests and violence the last month for causing further damage to an economy already in crisis since the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-29 23:19:19 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 889313 [Title] => Saudi Shura council mulls 40 working hours proposal [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2012-12-23 17:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 767795 [Title] => Bahrain king promises to expand parliament powers [Summary] =>

Bahrain's king promised Sunday that the strife-wracked Gulf nation will move ahead with political reforms that widen the powers of the elected parliament to oversee governments selected by the ruling monarchy.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-15 18:55:56 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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