News Updates on Middle East Unrest from SWJ 3/17

Middle East / North Africa Unrest
Clinton Embraces Revolt She Once Discouraged - New York Times
Alarmed U.S. Urges Calm as Mideast Uprisings Grow - Associated Press
Libya
Rebels Claim Small Gains Against Qaddafi Forces - New York Times
On Libya's Front Line, Determination and Fear - Washington Post
Libyan Forces Pound Rebel Areas, U.N. Security Council Meets - VOA
Moammar Kadafi's Forces Bomb Benghazi - Los Angeles Times
U.S. Mulls Air Strikes as Battle for Benghazi Looms - Reuters
Libya Revolt: Gaddafi Targets Ajdabiya and Misrata - BBC News
Rebels Battle to Hold City Under Gadhafi Siege - Associated Press
Benghazi Quiet as Libyan Army Ultimatum Passes - Reuters
Libya’s Opposition Tries to Define Itself to Gain Western Support - VOA
Libya Opposition a Learned Group - Washington Times
France Urges Intervention in Libya - Washington Post
Specter of Rebel Rout Helps Shift U.S. Policy - New York Times
Libya: U.S. Urges Tough United Nations Resolution - BBC News
Supporters Call for Libya No-Fly Vote - Associated Press
Tunisia
Clinton in Tunisia to Press Post-Revolt Reforms - Associated Press
Bloggers Say They'll Have Role in New Tunisia - Associated Press
Bahrain
Forces Rout Protesters From Bahrain Square - New York Times
Bahrain Crackdown on Protests in Pearl Square - BBC News
Bahrain Locks Down Kingdom as Uprising Surges - Associated Press
Bahrain Arrests Six Opposition Leaders After Crackdown - Reuters
Clinton Criticises Bahrain Over Protester Clashes - BBC News
U.S. Berates Bahrain, Gulf Allies as Tensions Spread - Reuters
U.N. Rights Boss Urges Bahrain to Rein in Forces - Reuters
High Stakes Over Bahrain - Washington Post opinion
Yemen
Clashes Reported in Western City in Yemen - New York Times
Yemeni Govt Supporters Attack Protesters - Washington Post
Fourteen Wounded in New Clashes in Yemen - Reuters
Syria
In Syria, Demonstrations Are Few and Brief - New York Times
Syria Arrests Damascus Protesters - BBC News
Rights Group Says Syrian Officers Break Up Protest - Associated Press
Amnesty Condemns Syrian Crackdown on Protest - Reuters