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A Yemeni girl is held up by anti-government protestors during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Saleh in Sana’a, Yemen on April 12, 2011. [Photo: Muhammed Muheisen / AP]

Bahrain, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Swaziland, Syria, Yemen News Roundup: April 12

Bahrain:

List of people killed in Bahrain since 14th February | Bahrain Center for Human Rights

Bahrain opposition figure ‘dies in custody’ | AJE

Daughter of jailed Bahrain human rights activist says she’s on hunger strike until his release | AP

Bahrain questions 3 reporters, may charge activist | Reuters

Bahrain urged to drop charges against editor | AFP

Hospital Is Drawn Into Bahrain Strife | NY Times

Bahrain Ambassador to the U.S.: CNN Report on Bahrain flawed

U.S. Stays Mum as Bahrain Unleashes Brutal Crackdown | ProPublica

Human Rights Watch: Suspicious Deaths in Custody

Ivory Coast:

Gunfire in Abidjan despite Gbagbo arrest | BBC

EU urges national unity government in Ivory Coast | Reuters

Obama Congratulates Ivory Coast’s Ouattara on Assuming Power | Bloomberg

UN names Cote d’Ivoire rights probe team | AJE

France sees no long military role in Ivory Coast | Reuters

Group Sees Ivory Coast Sanctions Lifted Soon | Corruption Currents - WSJ

New Leader Consolidates His Control In Ivory Coast | NY Times

Search for Lasting Ivorian Peace Begins | AllAfrica

Danger stalks streets of tired, angry Abidjan | Reuters

Sen. Inofe defends Gbagbo with ‘happy face’ | TPM

Why France must tread carefully in Ivory Coast | BBC

Analysis: Ouattara unlikely to salve Ivorian wounds | Reuters

Jordan:

Jordan tries 81 over March 24 demonstration | AFP

Jordan releases 4 jailed members of radical Islamist group in effort to stave off protests | AP

Saudi Arabia:

Why the United States should push Saudi Arabia toward democracy | PRI/WNYC

Swaziland:

Swaziland Police Beat, Arrest Protesters | VOA

Swazi forces fire at crowds to halt anti-king protest | Reuters

Unions’ Leadership Arrested | AllAfrica

Swaziland security forces target journalists | Committee to Protect Journalists

University of Swaziland Students Unanimously Endorse Uprising | AllAfrica

Syria:

Syrian soldiers shot for refusing to fire on protesters | Guardian

Syrian protesters ‘barred from medical care’ | AJE

Syrian forces arrest 200 in rebellious town, says lawyer | Reuters

Witnesses say Syrian gunmen attack 2 villages as regime tries to quell uprising | AP

Syrian University Protests Violently Suppressed | NY Times

Video shows Syria clash from two angles | The Lede

No end in sight | The Economist

Comment: White House finally condemns Syria | Guardian

Yemen:

Yemenis protest against mediation deal offering president immunity from prosecution | AP

Yemen opposition seeks details on Gulf plan | Reuters

Yemen protesters vow to stay in Sanaa square | AFP

Argument: Who’s Really In the Yemeni Opposition, Anyway? | Foreign Policy

Argument: Twilight of a Strongman | Foreign Policy

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Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University March 30, 2011. [Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad]

Algeria, Bahrain, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Syria, Yemen News Roundup: March 30.

Algeria:

Algeria PM: There is no political crisis | Reuters

Bahrain:

Bahrain hardliners to put Shia MPs on trial | Telegraph

Bahrain opposition head wants Iran, Saudi out | AFP

Bahrain detains prominent Shiite blogger as Sunni authorities widen crackdown on opposition | AP

Bahrain government arrests four CNN journalists | CPJ; The Bahrain News Agency report

Bahrain blamed for harassing patients | UPI

Bahrain Losing Its Edge as Finance Hub | NY Times

Ivory Coast:

Pro-Gbagbo Ivorian youths kill 7 civilians-witnesses | Reuters

Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo, Wife, Three Aides Have Foreign Assets Frozen by UN | Bloomberg

Pro-Ouattara forces seize Ivorian capital | Reuters

Gbagbo has “hours” for peaceful Ivorian exit, says Ouattara’s prime minister | Salon

Analysis: Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo faces choice: exit or bloodshed | Reuters

Why the Christian right is backing a brutal despot | Salon

Jordan:

Jordan reform efforts stumble | Al Arabiya

Opinion: Learning all the wrong lessons in Jordan | AJE

Syria:

Assad Does A Mubarak | Sky News

An overview of President Assad’s speech

Reuters correspondent and photographer missing in Syria | Reuters

In Syria, many uneasy about where struggle for power might lead | Washington Post

Syrians talk of a country held back by fear | CNN

VIDEO: Assad speech sparks fresh protests | BBC

Syria tests internet freedom theory | CNN

President Assad And The Syrian Business Elite | Forbes

Michael Ross: Syria’s special place as the Middle East’s mafioso | National Post

Comment: From the Turks to Assad: to us Syrians it is all brutal colonialism | Guardian

Comment: Syria: A lost opportunity | Guardian

Yemen:

Yemen’s Saleh makes new offer: opposition snub it | Reuters

Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis demand President Saleh’s ouster and blame him for factory blast | AP

Yemen’s Opposition Lists Key Demands as Demonstrations Continue | Bloomberg

The President Who Cried “Al-Qaeda!” | TIME

14 Int’l Organizations Urge Action over Rights Violations in Yemen | Yemen Post

VIDEO: Yemeni woman discusses what draws her to protests | BBC