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New Yemen president sworn in to replace Saleh
AP 25 Feb 2012
Yemen’s new president Abed Rabo Mansour Hadi took the oath of office before the country’s parliament...
A Yemeni girl helps hold up a sign that reads in Arabic, "Long live a free Yemen" during an anti-government protest in the capital Sanaa, July 6, 2011, as they demand the ouster of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is currently in Saudi Arabia recovering from injuries sustained during an attack on a mosque in Sanaa.
65 percent of Yemenis vote for sole presidential candidate
AP 24 Feb 2012
  SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's election commission says 65 percent of registered voters in the country cast...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jeruslaem, September 10, 2011, where he reiterated his country's commitment to peace with Egypt after a mob attacked Israel's embassy in Cairo
Netanyahu: I was right to be pessimistic about Egyptian revolution
Egypt Independent 21 Feb 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was right when he expressed pessimism that the Egyptian revolution...
Activists from the February 20th pro-democracy movement chant slogans during a demonstration in the Moroccan capital of Rabat on Sunday. / By Paul Schemm, AP
Thousands gather for Morocco anniversary protests
AP 20 Feb 2012
CASABLANCA, Morocco — A few thousand people gathered Sunday in Morocco’s cities to mark the one year...
"Narrating the Arab Spring" conference is taking place at Cairo University from 18 to 20 February.
Radwa Ashour on the train of images of the Egyptian revolution
Mona El Namoury 19 Feb 2012
“I will speak Arabic.” Those were Radwa Ashour’s first words for the keynote speech in the “...
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room during a brief statement on ongoing debt ceiling negotiations with congressional leaders, Washington, DC July 19, 2011. Obama said a proposal offered by the bipartisan group, the
Obama requests US$770 mn to boost Mideast democracy
AFP 13 Feb 2012
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a fund of US$770 million to boost political and other...
Egypt's ruling generals play risky game with US
AP 07 Feb 2012
Egypt's ruling generals are playing a risky game of brinksmanship by cracking down on American nonprofit groups...
Kuwaitis protest in Kuwait City on May 27, 2011, to press for ouster of the prime minister Sheikh Nasser al-Ahmad al-Sabah
Kuwait voters punished govt for graft, analysts say
AFP 05 Feb 2012
The election victory by the Islamist-led opposition in Kuwait reflects public frustration with corruption, coupled with...
6 April activists during a protest in al-Bandar Square, Mahallah, Gharbiya, January 22, 2011. The demonstration has been organized in order to mobilize more and more citizens to participate in nationwide protests in what is now an online hype, especially on social networks, notably Facebook. Protesters raised loafs of bread and Tunisian flags, a clear node to Tunisian recent uprising which led to ousting President Zein al-Abidine Ben Ali.
A reporter's look back: When things snapped
Heba Afify 24 Jan 2012
Whatever snapped in the Egyptian people last year that released years of built up frustration did not snap on 25...
Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa Joe Stork
Human Rights Watch: West should do more to support democracy
Nadine Marroushi 22 Jan 2012
Western countries should do more to support democracy and human rights in the Arab world, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said...