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Special from Sidi Bouzid: Some hope in the heart of the Arab Spring

Relatives of Mohammed Bouazizi, the 26-year-old graduate forced to sell fruit and vegetables to make a living who set himself on fire last month to protest against the seizure of his stand by police, pray on his grave, Sidi Bouzid, January 19, 2011. Bouazizi's suicide prompted a wave of protest against Ben Ali's regime that led to his resignation. Thousands of Tunisians rallied against the inclusion of old regime figures in their new government today, as prosecutors launched an inquiry into the former president's financial assets.
18 Dec 2011
SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia — Many have called Sidi Bouzid the birthplace of the Arab Spring after vegetable seller Muhammad Bouazizi set himself on fire to protest his humiliation and extortion at the hands of local police. Bouazizi’...
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Fadwa Barghouti holds down the home front

Fadwa Barghouti, the wife of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti.
11 Dec 2011
RAMALLAH — The wife of the most famous Palestinian prisoner and the man many believe could one day negotiate a peace deal with Israel says that nearly a decade in prison has “deepened” Marwan Barghouti, the 52-year-old...
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Future of women's rights in Tunisia remains in doubt

A woman after voting in Tunisia's election.
07 Dec 2011
The Islamist Ennahda Party’s election victory in Tunisia has come to mean many different things. For outside observers wary of how the “Arab Spring” might reshape regional politics, their victory signals a trend...
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What a change in Egypt’s leadership means for Israel

06 Dec 2011
JERUSALEM — Two decades ago, Naguib Mahfouz, the late, great Nobel literature laureate, speaking to the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post outlined a vision of close Egyptian-Israeli relations if Israel worked to solve the...
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Doctors with guns

26 Nov 2011
A spate of kidnappings of international aid workers and the subsequent suspension of aid services to refugees is drastically reducing the role of humanitarian aid in Somalia and Kenya, where a severe drought has left tens of thousands dead...
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Shelling kills 11 in Yemen, UN envoy pushes for peace

Yemeni anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, June 4, 2011, a day after Yemeni troops shelled the home of Sheikh Hamid al-Ahmar, an influential tribal figure.
11 Nov 2011
At least 11 people were killed in heavy fighting in the Yemeni city of Taiz on Friday, a day after a UN envoy began a new mission to push President Ali Abdullah Saleh to quit under a Gulf peace plan. Witnesses and medical staff said at...
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Enthusiastic passengers settle in for the ride on Gaza-bound aid ship

Activist on board the Canadian boat Tahrir as it makes its way toward Gaza.
03 Nov 2011
INTERNATIONAL WATERS, Eastern Mediterranean - The 12 passengers aboard the Tahrir, a Canadian boat attempting to bring medical aid and a message of solidarity to the besieged Gaza Strip along with another ship, are frantically preparing...
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Special from Tunisia: The battle for identity ahead of elections

Tunisians protest in the center of Tunis, January 19, 2011. Some 2,000 Tunisians rallied against their new government in Tunis as the leadership tried to defuse public anger over the continued power of the former ruling party and four ministers pulled out. The authorities meanwhile shortened a curfew that has been in place for days, saying the security situation had improved, but a state of emergency that bans any public assemblies remained in place.
21 Oct 2011
TUNIS - Voting in Tunisia’s first elections since the ouster of longtime dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has started, with early voting for Tunisians living abroad and hopes riding on a successful democratic transition for the first...
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French Interior Ministry cracks down on foreign graduates

Students in France
20 Oct 2011
Boubker Benseddiq, a 26-year-old Moroccan national, recently graduated from INSA-Toulouse, a well-respected French public university of engineering. In May, he got a job as an engineer in the petroleum industry. Right after being hired, he...
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In Occupy London protest, echoes of Cairo

16 Oct 2011
LONDON – Dozens of tents remain pitched outside St. Paul’s Cathedral in the heart of London’s financial district on Sunday, as protesters continue their occupation of the London Stock Exchange overnight. According to...
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