Arab Spring

21 Apr 2013

Global hopes that democracy could replace dictatorships in Arab spring nations risk being crushed by repressive regimes, the United States warned in its annual human-rights report.

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Debate flares on new media's role in Arab spring's successes

11 Mar 2013

Amid a fierce debate in academic circles, an upcoming book argues that social media and new technology made a key difference in successful uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt and helped foster grass-...

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Violence in Port Said ahead of verdict on soccer riot

9 Mar 2013

A protester was shot dead in clashes in Port Said yesterday, ahead of today's court verdict on a deadly soccer riot, with unrest pushing Egypt's already precarious government to the brink.

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'Eye Sniper' jailed for three years, but police culture remains brutal

8 Mar 2013

They called him the Eye Sniper of Cairo. In November 2011, 10 months after the uprising that was supposed to end state repression in Egypt, a young police lieutenant named Mohamed Sobhi el-Shenawy...

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Tunisian PM quits after failing to form new cabinet

20 Feb 2013

Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigned on Tuesday after failing to replace a government pulled apart by acrimony between his Islamist allies and their secular opponents.

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Security tightened as Libya celebrates two years since revolt

17 Feb 2013

Borders have been closed and some international flights suspended amid fears of a new outbreak of violence.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Bahrain policeman killed in clashes with protesters

A police officer was killed near the Bahraini capital Manama in fresh overnight clashes with protesters marking the second anniversary of a Shiite-led uprising.

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Rents in Dubai gain from euro zone crisis, Arab Spring

Apartment and villa rents in Dubai climbed an average 17 per cent last year as the Persian Gulf business hub benefits from the euro-zone crisis and the so-called Arab spring, according to Asteco...

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Briefs, January 18, 2013

Peace process stalled in Afghanistan

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TUNISIA

Tensions loom as Tunisia marks its Arab Spring revolution

Tunisians on Monday marked two years since the flight into exile of veteran dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali amid a climate of uncertainty.

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PAKISTAN

Pakistani cleric Tahirul Qadri tests political voice in million-man march

The Arab spring seems a long way from Pakistan's extended winter of discontent. Still, when religious scholar Tahirul Qadri talks about his hopes for the massive rally billed as the "Long March",...

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