Index: /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 6565)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 6566)
@@ -78,4 +78,5 @@
 		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/6946">#6946</a> : Html parser is now able to fix orphan list items.</li>
 		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/6861">#6861</a> : Indent list item should remains the text direction.</li>
+		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/6938">#6938</a> : Outdent list item should remains the text direction.</li>
 		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/6849">#6849</a> : Correct enter key behavior on list item.</li>
 		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/7113">#7113</a> : [Webkit]Undesired document scroll on click after scrolling.</li>
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/list/plugin.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/list/plugin.js	(revision 6565)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/list/plugin.js	(revision 6566)
@@ -88,4 +88,5 @@
 				indentLevel = Math.max( listArray[ baseIndex ].indent, 0 ),
 				currentListItem = null,
+				itemDir,
 				paragraphName = ( paragraphMode == CKEDITOR.ENTER_P ? 'p' : 'div' );
 			while ( 1 )
@@ -123,7 +124,11 @@
 				else if ( item.indent == -1 && !baseIndex && item.grandparent )
 				{
-					currentListItem;
 					if ( listNodeNames[ item.grandparent.getName() ] )
+					{
 						currentListItem = item.element.clone( false, true );
+						itemDir = item.element.getDirection( 1 );
+						item.grandparent.getDirection( 1 ) != itemDir &&
+							currentListItem.setAttribute( 'dir', itemDir );
+					}
 					else
 					{
@@ -133,5 +138,5 @@
 							currentListItem = doc.createElement( paragraphName );
 							item.element.copyAttributes( currentListItem, { type:1, value:1 } );
-							var itemDir = item.element.getDirection() || dir;
+							itemDir = item.element.getDirection() || dir;
 							itemDir &&
 								currentListItem.setAttribute( 'dir', itemDir );