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Prominent general in Yemen joins opposition
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General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, who is close to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, says he is backing the protest movement against the regime. Two other senior army commanders are also reported to have resigned. President Saleh said he was “holding out” and the majority of Yemenis still supported him, Al Arabiya TV reported. Download MP3Analysis: Yemen: Beginning of the end?
Bahrain military announces curfew
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Security forces in Bahrain have tightened their grip on the capital Manama, after using tanks, tear gas, water cannon and helicopters to remove hundreds of anti-government demonstrators earlier in the day. The military has imposed a curfew in several areas of the city. Reporter Sean Carberry has been witnessing events unfold in Manama. Download MP3BBC video of the latest protests
Saudis help Bahrain quell demonstrations
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Leaders in Bahrain have been trying, and failing, to contain Shia-led demonstrations gathering steam in the last few weeks. So the ruling family appealed for help. Today, they got it from Saudi Arabia. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from Sean Carberry, senior correspondent for the PRI program “America Abroad.” Download MP3
Friday protests in the Arab world
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While Colonel Gaddafi’s forces continue to make advances on rebel-held territory in Libya, there was a muted response to internet appeals for a day of demonstrations in Saudi Arabia, as the Kingdom deployed massive security Friday to prevent any illegal gatherings. We get a roundup of other protests today in North Africa and the Middle East from reporters Sean Carberry in Bahrain, Laura Lynch in Saudi Arabia, and Ben Gilbert in Egypt. Download MP3
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Shortage of nurses in Libya
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Libyan rebels are fleeing the oil port of Ras Lanuf after sustained attacks by forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Because of the fighting in Libya, foreign workers have been leaving in droves, among them nurses badly needed now. Sean Carberry reports on the shortage of nurses in Libya. (photo: Susan Schulman) Download MP3Slideshow: treating the wounded
Casualties of Libya’s civil war
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Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is taking the fight to the opposition in both western and eastern Libya. In the West, Gaddafi’s forces are hitting the opposition-held towns of Zawiyah and Misrata. In the East, the fighting is centered on Ras Lanuf and its surroundings. There are no reliable casualty figures but we know they must be high. America Abroad senior correspondent Sean Carberry saw for himself at a hospital in the eastern city of Ajdebia. (Photo: Sean Carberry) Download MP3
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The impact of oil in Sudan
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From the South Sudanese capital Juba, Matthew Brunwasser reports on the role of oil in Sudan’s recent history. The country began exporting oil in 1999, and the resulting influx in wealth led to a civil war in the country. Now the south may take the majority of wells if the referendum currently under way results in an independent South Sudan.Download MP3South Sudan’s returnees
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Decades of civil war in Sudan have driven many people from their homes. But many have returned in recent years,and with an upcoming referendum on the country’s future scheduled for January, more people have headed back so that they can register to vote. Sean Carberry reports on returnees in Juba, the capital of south Sudan, about their lives in exile, and the challenges of going home. Download MP3Slideshow: The Sudanese homecoming
Sudan independence vote fosters fears of rejection
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The people of southern Sudan are set to vote in a referendum on independence next month. If the vote passes, some northern Sudanese who live in the south fear they may no longer be welcome. Correspondent Sean Carberry reports from southern Sudan. Download MP3Slideshow: See photos from Malakal
Sudanese expats and the referendum
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Southern Sudanese will vote in January whether to secede from Sudan and form an independent country. Members of the diaspora are allowed to vote as well. The World’s Jeb Sharp visits one of the eight referendum centers here in the US to see how registration is going. Download MP3Independence vote nears for South Sudan
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Voters in Sudan are less than 50 days away from deciding whether to create a new African country or remain one country. Sudan is Africa’s largest country and this vote is part of a peace deal reached five years ago following civil war between the north and south. Sean Carberry reports. Download MP3Sean Carberry’s pictures from Sudan
South Sudan: Africa’s next nation?
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The African nation of Sudan could soon be split in two. A referendum is to determine the status of the South of the country. It’s the final phase of the peace agreement that ended the decades-long civil war in Sudan. Polls show that most southerners want to secede and become an independent nation. Sean Carberry is a reporter with PRI’s America Abroad. He’s in Malakal in southern Sudan. Download MP3Slideshow: Sudan referendum
Yemen as Qaeda base
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BBC’s Lina Sinjab talks about evidence that suggests that a local al Qaeda organization based in Yemen is behind the air cargo bomb plot that authorities uncovered last week. Download MP3(Photo: Sean Carberry)Slideshow: See Sean Carberry’s photo feature on Yemen
Yemen as al-Qaeda recruiting ground
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Sean Carberry reports from Yemen on how low quality education and unemployment continue to make the country a fertile al Qaeda recruiting ground. Download MP3>>>Multimedia: Life in Yemen
Moroccan matrimony
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Young people in Morocco are getting married at older ages, largely because of economic difficulties. This has had an impact in a society in which young people who are religiously banned from pre-marital sexual relationships but have to wait longer to get married. America Abroad’s Sean Carberry traveled to Morocco to find out more (Photo: Sean Carberry)Download MP3
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