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Arab Women Fight to Defend Their Rights
World  (tags: freedoms, world, Arab women, politics, humanrights, women's rights, Arab Spring, activism, interesting, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', government, ethics, HumanRights, humans, news, middle-east, society )

Cal
- 178 days ago - spiegel.de
The Arab Spring seemed to herald a new era of emancipation for women in the Arab world. But Islamists are on the rise in Tunisia and Egypt, and there are worrying reports of sexual assaults on demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
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TUNISIA: Women Fearful of Islamists' Rise
World  (tags: Arab Spring, Tunisia, women's rights, middle-east, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', news, politics, humanrights, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', world, news )

Cal
- 193 days ago - ipsnews.net
Tunisian women poured into the streets armed with the vote, their latest weapon, when the country voted in its first democratic election since a popular uprising unseated former president Zine Abidine Ben Ali, ending his 27-year- long stronghold on the c
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THE CHRISTIANS OF SYRIA: A MINORITY'S DILEMMA AMIDST THE ARAB SPRING
World  (tags: middle-east, politics, society, religion, Islam, Arab Spring, Syria, Syrian Christians, world, interesting, government, ethics, news )

Cal
- 254 days ago - worldcrunch.com
Torn between their hunger for freedom and fear of radical Islam, Syria's ancient minority Christians do not know whether to support the protesters or Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Egypt's Revolution at 6 Months: 'We Can't Go Back'
World  (tags: world, news, politics, middle-east, Egypt, Arab Spring, violence, freedoms, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', government, interesting )

Cal
- 304 days ago - cnn.com
Six months after the improbable revolt that toppled one of the world's longest-serving rulers, protesters are once again camping in Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand speedy change.
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OP-ED: Has the Arab Spring Weakened the U.S.?
World  (tags: US diplomacy, Arab Spring, middle-east, analysis conflict, world, violence, usa, politics, freedoms, ethics, interesting )

Cal
- 346 days ago - theweek.com
Popular uprisings are stoking hopes of democratic reform in North Africa and the Middle East, but they are also creating new dangers
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MIDEAST SPEECH: Obama: We Stand With Those 'Who Are Reaching For Their Rights'
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Cal
- 372 days ago - npr.org
The "Arab Spring" that has seen regimes toppled in Tunisia and Egypt, and other governments in North African and the Middle East under pressure from their people to reform, presents "a historic opportunity," President Obama said today
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Will Egyptians Forgive Mubarak?
World  (tags: world, politics, middle-east, Egypt, Arab Spring, interesting, government, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', crime, humanrights, freedoms, violence, news, society )

Cal
- 373 days ago - theweek.com
Deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak wants to apologize and hand over some of his wealth -- in exchange for amnesty
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