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News Concerning Middle East Reform

This is the news section of June issue of Arab Reform Bulletin Published by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Kuwait: New Cabinet Appointed After Elections Saudi Arabia: Human Rights Activist Detained Yemen: Zaidi Rebellion; Local Council Elections Bahrain; Minister Cleared; Bahraini Jewish Ambassador Appointed Iraq: Amnesty; Radio Station Closed Lebanon: Political Deadlock Ended Egypt: State of Emergency Extended; Bread Riots Resurface; Anti-Monopoly Law Palestine: Talks Renewed Syria: U.S. Sanctions Renewed Jordan: Public Gathering Law Deferred Morocco: Al-Jazeera Rabat Broadcast Suspended Algeria: Magazine Issue Banned Libya: Activist Freed Sudan: Newspaper Shutdown; Journalist Arrested Kuwait: New Cabinet Appointed After Elections On May 17, some 361,700 eligible voters (55 percent of them women) went to the polls to elect deputies for the National Assembly's fifty elected seats (appointed cabinet ministers also join the assembly, raising the overall number of seats