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Saudi female activist demands right to travel
Wajeha al-Huwaider picked up her passport, got in a taxi, and headed from her home in eastern Saudi Arabia to the nearby island kingdom of Bahrain -- a 45-minute drive that many Saudis take to get away for the weekend.
Drive-by shooting marks third day of Iraq attacks
A drive-by shooting Friday in Baghdad marked the third day of attacks across the country that have killed 75 people, officials said.
Protesters met with tear gas, batons in Iran
The commander of Iran's security forces warned that police would "strongly confront" anyone planning to protest Thursday, a day that marks the anniversary of a pivotal point in Iran's reformist movement.
U.S. reportedly frees Iranian diplomats
The U.S. military has released five Iranian diplomats detained in Iraq since early 2007, the Iraqi government and Iran's embassy in Baghdad said Thursday.
Bombings in Iraq kill at least 30
At least 30 people were killed and 70 wounded in a double suicide bombing in northern Iraq on Thursday morning, an Interior Ministry official said.
