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Jeffrey P. Colin: Media, Poverty and a Lack of Concern

2012-05-24T10:34:09Z

As far back as 2008, members of the progressive advocacy community who focus on poverty were decrying a lack of coverage of rising poverty levels by the media. Since that point, the problem has gotten much worse.

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Death Penalty Sought In Tunisian Dictator Trial

2012-05-24T09:11:32Z

TUNIS, Tunisia — The prosecutor in a military tribunal has demanded the death penalty for Tunisia's former dictator over his role in the deaths ...

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LOOK: Arab Spring's Evolution

2012-05-21T15:33:21Z

-- Starting Wednesday, Egypt is holding its first free presidential election since it came under dictatorship 60 years ago. The winner will succeed H...

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Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: Political Islamists Arouse Suspicion in the UAE

2012-05-21T12:22:55Z

The movement that has swept most states in the region was initially built on social ideals that the political Islamists don't necessarily subscribe to, but joined under the understanding that "the end justifies the means."

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Magda Abu-Fadil: "Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015" Reports on Current, Future Regional Trends

2012-05-07T16:27:02Z

It's become an annual must read to take the pulse of where they are, but this year's edition of "Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015" (AMO) goes further to s...

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Akhtar Badshah: Restoring The Hope, Dignity Ignited By The Arab Spring

2012-04-23T10:47:32Z

Over the last two days in Tunis I have met with leaders of the business community, government agencies, development agencies and young people, and they all believe that there is hope and the biggest challenge is to restore dignity.

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Mark V. Vlasic: International Stolen Asset Recovery As a Development Issue -- A World Bank President's Legacy?

2012-04-21T20:18:52Z

While future commentaries will chronicle Robert B. Zoellick's acts and deeds, it is worth pausing, this weekend, as he completes his last major world forum as president, to recall the initiative he launched at his first major world forum.

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Magda Abu-Fadil: Is Tunisia's Post-Revolution Media Freedom Slipping?

2012-04-21T18:20:25Z

On a post-revolution visit to Tunis, I was struck by the changes and how one could actually access the Internet, tweet, blog and get news of the outside world. But

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Daniel Wagner: U.S. Expectations Must Change in the Middle East

2012-04-10T11:37:57Z

Some foreign policy wonks in the U.S. still cling to the notion that in spite of everything that has happened over the past 15 months in the Middle East and North Africa, it will be possible to continue with business as usual.

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PHOTOS: Clashes As Demonstrators Defy Protest Ban

2012-04-09T15:58:25Z

TUNIS, Tunisia -- Police used tear gas and truncheons to disperse protesters seeking to march Monday along the Tunisian capital's main boulevard despi...

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Anonymous-Linked Group Hacks Prime Minister's Emails

2012-04-08T21:22:00Z

By Tarek Amara TUNIS, April 8 (Reuters) - A group claiming affiliation with activist hacker collective Anonymous says it has hacked 2,...

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Katherine Krauss: U.S. Intervention in the Middle East

2012-04-05T08:50:49Z

Not every country is suited for an American-style democracy, and it is perhaps best if Americans adopt a principle of their own and let the people of the new nations craft their own governments.

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Getting Nervous?

2012-03-29T09:15:38Z

BEIRUT -- Laughing for the cameras, the Arab leaders appear nothing if not secure in their power, four longtime members of the Middle East coterie of ...

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'#SYRIA': Hip-Hop And The Arab Revolts

2012-03-28T15:58:44Z

“The People Want The Downfall Of The Regime. The People Want The Downfall Of The Regime.”

Syrian-American hip-hop artist Omar Offendum’s new...

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Nemat Shafik: Avoiding a Lost Generation

2012-03-16T19:20:51Z

To solve the problems of youth unemployment restoring global growth is crucial, as are policies to support job creation and credit. None of this can be achieved without global cooperation.

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Rana F. Sweis: Women After the Arab Spring

2012-03-16T18:30:33Z

Women were also involved in protests in Egypt, Yemen and Tunisia. But their efforts and momentum have yet to be transferred into leadership roles that are directing the future of countries.

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Ahmed Shihab-Eldin: The Absurdity of Assad's Syria and Obama's Calculated Inaction

2012-03-08T09:14:48Z

In an election year beset by economic and geopolitical turmoil, it would serve Obama well to remind the world of the two very words that landed him in the White House. Give us "hope" and act boldly, and in doing so, bring about real "change" for those suffering in Syria.

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Alex Wirth: A Step in the Right Direction on Youth Empowerment

2012-02-27T10:54:07Z

If the United States and the State Department are serious about properly empowering young people, there is more that needs to be done to achieve this goal.

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Iran Strike Would Be A 'Disaster' For Fragile Arab Spring, Says Ex-Al Jazeera Head

2012-02-24T10:42:00Z

A strike on Iran would be a "disaster" for the Middle East's burgeoning democracies, said Wadah Khanfar, the former director general of Al Jazeera, in...

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Ultimatum For Assad

2012-02-24T07:13:01Z

TUNIS, Tunisia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton blasted Russia and China as "despicable" for opposing U.N. action aimed at stopp...

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RENEWED SHELLING

2012-02-24T06:41:00Z

BEIRUT (AP) — President Bashar Assad's forces pounded rebel-held areas in central Syria on Friday, killing at least 22 people, activists said. More ...

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Nude Pic Puts Publisher On Trial

2012-02-23T08:15:27Z

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A court has released the publisher of a Tunisian newspaper accused of violating public morals by publishing a photo of a naked...

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Dr. Michael Sharnoff: The End of Pan-Arabism Redux

2012-02-22T12:49:48Z

Islam -- not Marxism, socialism, nor liberalism or nationalism -- is the only authentic ideology indigenous to the Arab world. Unlike the West, the Arab world has not undergone a reformation separating religion and state, and religion continues to play a major role in Arab society.

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Islamists' Ideas On Democracy And Faith Face Test In Tunisia

2012-02-18T18:48:19Z

TUNIS -- The epiphany of Said Ferjani came after his poor childhood in a pious town in Tunisia, after a religious renaissance a generation ago awakene...

Jeremy Barnicle: Letter From Tunis: Time to Repair a System That Has Become Ridiculous

2012-02-02T11:15:22Z

Watching the 2012 campaign unfold from a distance, it is clear to me that the American political system has become ridiculous at a time when we really need it to work.

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