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Dr. Josef Olmert: What World Figures Said About Bashar al-Assad -- An Enlightening Reminder

2012-05-28T13:49:29Z

With the horrors becoming a household story, at least in the west, it is useful to remind ourselves what prominent world figures said about Bashar Assad until very recently.

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Protests Erupt In Syria After Brutal Massacre

2012-05-27T09:10:00Z

AMMAN, May 27 (Reuters) - Syrian forces shot dead at least two men on Sunday as protests broke out to condemn a massacre that killed at least 109 ci...

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Ban On Syria: There's No Plan B

2012-05-25T09:29:40Z

BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse thousands of protesters calling for President Bashar Assad's ouster Friday...

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Sara Khorshid: Don't Hold Your Breath for Egypt's Presidential Election

2012-05-24T12:54:53Z

In democracies, voters know what the president's formal, constitutional powers are. And they know for certain. But in Egypt Egyptians will go to vote with no knowledge of what authorities will be vested in the president.

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'We Want A Flawless President'

2012-05-24T06:48:00Z

CAIRO -- Egyptians say they want their next leader to be honorable, smart, a knight, a man with a heart, a military man, a religious man, one who goes...

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James Dorsey: Asian Football Confederation Puts Iran on the Spot on Women's Rights

2012-05-23T13:40:23Z

Iranian women soccer fans have set their hopes on the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to return them to the terraces after having been banned from stadiums for years to prevent them from looking at men's bodies.

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Letta Tayler: Yemen's Other Crises

2012-05-22T18:50:26Z

International attention should not only be focused on al Qaeda and its affiliates -- the need to hold human rights violators to account and a deepening humanitarian crisis should also be high on their agenda.

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Firas Al-Atraqchi: Egyptians Hope Election Will Save Their Country From the Brink

2012-05-22T18:25:57Z

Tens of millions of Egyptians will head to the polls Wednesday to vote for the candidate they hope will move the country from a state of transition to one that is stable and ruled by a civilian government.

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Dr. Josef Olmert: Tripoli Is Just the Beginning

2012-05-21T15:20:57Z

For once, the Syrian regime does not lie when claiming that the rebels in the country are being supplied from Lebanon. In that case, the chicken came back to roost, as the Lebanese do to the Syrians what they have done to them for so many years.

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Thousands Hit The Streets In Aleppo

2012-05-18T10:38:35Z

BEIRUT — Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-regime sentimen...

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Iara Lee: The Only True Revolution in Syria Is Nonviolent

2012-05-15T22:53:00Z

The fall of Bashar al-Assad is inevitable. But in order to ensure this outcome, the Syrian people must do so without resorting to the same violence that characterizes their opponent. The use of violence will represent a failure of the revolution and a victory for Bashar al-Assad.

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Sheila Lyall Grant: We Must All Do Our Bit Against Assad; You Too, Asma

2012-05-15T10:41:07Z

Women who seek and assume responsibility in their societies cannot relinquish it when the situation gets difficult by lapsing into the "I am just the spouse" role. Does Asma Assad want to be remembered as a second Elena Ceausescu of the Middle East?

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Elisabeth Braw: "Our Planet Is on the Tipping Point"

2012-05-09T11:59:41Z

The opera arias lent an upbeat note to the UN secretary-general's otherwise glum day: the UN secretary-general has Syria on his mind. In an exclusive interview, he met Metro to talk about Syria, energy and the future of humankind.

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James Dorsey: Egyptian Military's Loss of Popularity Brings Ultras in From the Cold

2012-05-08T18:23:55Z

It took Egypt's military brass less than six months to first isolate street-battle hardened soccer fans, the country's most militant opponents of military rule, and then restore their waning popularity amid mushrooming protests.

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Cecilia Attias: An Open Letter to Asma al-Assad

2012-05-02T12:48:03Z

Why are we not talking about Syria? How can we forget those who are suffering in this way? Have we learned to accept the unacceptable?

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Ming Holden: On the Public Shaming of Asma al-Assad

2012-04-30T19:09:04Z

If our own American Secretary of State must "out-tough the guys" instead of saying all that she wishes she could, what hope have we for Asma? What right have we to blame her?

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Adil E. Shamoo: Principled Intervention in Syria

2012-04-30T16:36:32Z

Syria is in a civil war, and there is no unified popular uprising as there was in Tunisia and Egypt. Instead, a divided country is at war with itself. The opposition could suddenly seize power with the assistance of foreign military forces and a slaughter of civilians by both sides could ensue.

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Suicide Bomber Strikes Syria Capital

2012-04-27T07:51:43Z

DAMASCUS, Syria -- A suicide bomber blew himself up across the street from a mosque in the Syrian capital Friday, killing at least 10 people and wound...

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Journalists Beaten, Arrested, Deported In Bahrain

2012-04-23T08:31:54Z

A string of crackdowns on journalists accompanied Bahrain's controversial Grand Prix race over the weekend.

As the ruling government locked down op...

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Bahrain Gran Prix Takes Off Despite Protests

2012-04-22T11:09:36Z

MANAMA, Bahrain — Under heavy security, Bahrain's embattled leaders toasted the return Sunday of the coveted Formula One Grand Prix even as riot...

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Protester Found Dead Ahead Of Grand Prix

2012-04-21T09:27:12Z

MANAMA, Bahrain — The discovery of a protester's body near the scene of clashes on Saturday threatened to tip Bahrain deeper into unrest as a 14...

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Dr. Josef Olmert: No Ceasefire in Syria -- So, What's Next?

2012-04-20T12:05:46Z

The so-called "cease-fire" in Syria is unraveling even faster than what was anticipated. It is time for a process of transition from the current regime to a new one, monitored and supervised by Russia and the United States.

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Tens Of Thousands Rally Ahead Of Formula One Race

2012-04-20T11:46:54Z

MANAMA, Bahrain — Anti-government protesters flooded a main highway in a march stretching for miles and security forces fired tear gas in breaka...

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AP Journalists Prevented From Entering Bahrain

2012-04-19T09:43:23Z

LONDON (AP) — Two Associated Press journalists are being prevented from covering the Bahrain Grand Prix because they have not received visas to ente...

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Petrol Bomb, Protests Ahead Of Grand Prix

2012-04-19T09:31:00Z

By Alan Baldwin MANAMA, April 19 (Reuters) - Safety fears grew ahead of this weekend's Formula One Grand Prix in Bahrain on Thursday a...

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