ARAB WORLD Unrest

Unrest in many Arab nations lead to strong travel warnings
Vancouver Sun
In Algeria, police in riot gear surrounded hundreds of protesters trying to stage a march through the capital inspired by uprisings in other parts of the Arab world. Unrest in Algeria could have implications for the world economy since it is a major ...
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Morocco joins Arab world unrest as thousands rally for reforms
Ha'aretz
Officials have voiced concern that Algeria and the Polisario Front may use upheavals sweeping the Arab world to stir unrest. Morocco annexed Western Sahara in 1975 when Spain ended its colonial rule of the territory. Protests have spread to Kuwait as ...
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Ha'aretz
Mideast Markets: Protests weigh on Gulf Arab stocks
Economic Times
DUBAI: Middle East markets slid on Sunday as unrest spread across the world's top oil exporting region , and further selling is forecast, with investors cutting exposure despite a buoyant economic outlook . "These are retail driven markets and retail ...
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Kuwait Swept Up in Regional Unrest as Stateless Demand Rights
The Media Line
Emboldened by popular uprisings across the Arab world, Kuwaiti residents long denied citizenship took to the streets over the weekend demanding their civil rights. But harsh police treatment sent dozens of them to prison and hospital. ...
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Al Jazeera signal jammed in Mideast, Libya suspected
Reuters Africa
Al Jazeera, whose coverage of the regional political unrest has been widely watched in the Arab world, first reported jamming on Friday and said its website had been blocked in Libya. "We believe that whoever is doing this is operating with ...
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Hague to raise Libyan unrest at EU talks
AFP
"We will be encouraging Arab countries too, to voice their condemnation of these actions. The best way forward is dialogue in all of these situations and that is what we are asking for." A statement released by Britain's Foreign Office (FCO) Sunday ...
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What does the Arab world do when its water runs out?
The Guardian
The diverse states that make up the Arab world, stretching from the Atlantic coast to Iraq, have some of the world's greatest oil reserves, but this disguises the fact that they mostly occupy hyper-arid places. Rivers are few, water demand is ...
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Sudan's Bashir to fight graft, hints at retirement
Reuters Africa
... 20 (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has pledged to form an anti-corruption commission and hinted he may retire, a party official said, a move critics said aimed to quiet dissent with the Arab world awash in pro-democracy unrest. ...
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<B>Sanjaya Baru:</B> An idea from India
Business Standard
In response to a question on India's stand on the unrest on the Arab street, the prime minister said: “India welcomes the dawn of democracy anywhere in the world.” Heads of government like leaving behind ideas on foreign policy that strategic policy ...
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Arab League says important to hold summit as scheduled
People's Daily Online
Libya, which holds the rotating presidency of the Arab leaders' summit said this week that it is possible to postpone the meeting due to unrest in the Arab world. However, the Arab League statement said that a formal request from Libya has not been ...
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Protests shake Arab world
Green Left Weekly
Large-scale unrest in Bahrain could also embolden marginalised Shias in Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter. Attempts by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to appease protesters by saying he would not stand for re-election in 2013 failed to ...
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Green Left Weekly
Hundreds protest in Iraq, TV station torched
Toronto Sun
By Shamal Aqrawi, REUTERS ARBIL, Iraq - Hundreds of protesters inspired by unrest around the Arab world took to the streets of the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya on Sunday and at least 48 people were injured. A police official said security forces ...
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SPECIAL REPORT-Al Jazeera's news revolution
Vancouver Sun
Al Jazeera, Arabic for "the island," has earned the resentment of leaders in the Arab world -- as well as the admiration of many ordinary Arabs -- almost from the day it launched in 1996. The first Arab network to put Israeli officials on the air, ...
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Economic Reform Takes a Back Seat as Mideast Leaders Struggle With Unrest
The Media Line
... the poorest in the Arab world, cannot afford. Even Syria, which hasn't faced any reported unrest, unveiled a $255 million program to provide cash for the poor and said it would boost heating-oil allowances. While many of these are stopgap measures, ...
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Mideast regimes must 'get ahead of reform': US
AFP
US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world, including the toppling of regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, was a clear signal that societies were ripe for reform. "What we're seeing across the region is a ...
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Leaders of Libya and Yemen meet protests with deadly force
Los Angeles Times
As revolt spreads through the Arab world, Libyan President Moammar Kadafi and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh take brutal steps to retain power. Anti-government protesters flee as government backers repel their attack during clashes in Sanaa, ...
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Los Angeles Times
The way forward
Arab News
Others cannot afford to be complacent though. The Middle East can no longer remain stuck in a time warp while the world around it has moved on. Arab states will have to do more to address the economic problems and aspirations of their people. ...
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The domino effect from North Africa to the Middle East to Europe: Oil Prices ...
International Business Times
In the short term, UK and European consumers are going to find the going tough while the deficit reduction and world consumption of raw materials and the unrest in the Arab world means essentially working more for less and cycling through the tough ...
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Israel's Ayalon: "The dinosaurs still looking for Israeli sharks and vultures"
Channel 6 News Online
During the last few months, we have witnessed some bizarre conspiracy stories in the Arab world. Towards the end of last year some in Egypt called the shark attacks on tourists in the Sinai Peninsula a Mossad plan. This was closely followed last month ...
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Letters: alternative energy, cartoon, Arab unrest
San Diego Union Tribune
These are just a few of the trends in place. How is it not telling that the US has a military foot in so many countries around the world except the one actually invading its border? -- Thomas Seagull, San Diego.
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Amsterdam Solidarity Day draws hundreds
Radio Netherlands
Many people are concerned by the unrest in the Arab world and there is growing resistance against the government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the organisers say. The organisers accuse the government of asking those hardest hit by the economic crisis ...
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Asharq Alawsat
Israel is extremely concerned, or even terrified, by the prospect of what is happening in the Arab World. The wind of change and reform will reach the heart of Israel, and the Arabs who live there. They must replicate the Tunisian and Egyptian examples ...
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United States' top military officer visits Gulf region
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Adm. Mike Mullen will meet with leaders in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates. Kuwait and Djibouti (CNN) -- The United State's top-ranking military officer arrived in the Middle East on Sunday for talks with military and ...
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Libya protesters seize streets, Bahrain mood eases
Reuters
TRIPOLI/MANAMA (Reuters) - Libyans protesting against Muammar Gaddafi's rule appeared to control the streets of Benghazi on Sunday, even though the security forces have killed scores in the bloodiest of multiple revolts now rocking the Arab world. ...
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UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
20 (UPI) -- Anti-government protests show no signs of abating in the Arab world and North Africa, and the death toll continues to rise, Human Rights Watch said. In Bahrain, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa was appointed to speak with Shiite ...
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Protests continue in Yemen, Algeria and Morocco as strikes banned in Egypt
Independent
By Donald Macintyre in Cairo The wave of protests across the Arab world continued yesterday as Bahraini security forces ceded control of the symbolic Pearl Square in Manama to demonstrators and another protester was killed in Yemen. ...
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Arab world unrest spreads, scalds China | Politics
By Lakshit
Tripoli/Manama/Beijing, Feb 20 - Defiant anti-government protests continued to rock the Arab world Sunday, with the toll in Libya topping 100, while it spread to Morocco and for the first time, China too witnessed demonstrators ...
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Arab world unrest spreads, scalds China (Roundup)
Arab world unrest spreads, scalds China ...Protesters took to the streets in the Chinese citi...Police promptly dispersed crowds of several hundre...Hong Kong- based Information Centre for Human Right...The gathering was in response to a ...
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Arab world protests at a glance
The country's leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh, blames the unrest on a "foreign plot." Protesters demand the resignation of Saleh, who has ruled the Arab world's poorest nation for 32 years. The main grievances are poverty and corruption. ...
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West to East demonstrations continue to rock Arab world
By Holte Ender
IRAN – Not an Arab nation, but that apart, the problems are the same. Long- simmering unrest over the disputed 2009 presidential election boiled up again on February 14. Thousands of people heeded calls by the two main opposition leaders ...
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Q: Which countries in the Middle East routinely attack funeral ...
By Seham
“Arab world unrest reaches Horn of Africa” was how the Israeli website Ynet led off its coverage of the demonstrations that began in Djibouti yesterday. On Friday, thousands of protesters — 6000, according to the Independent, ...
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Gulf shares drop on Mideast unrest
By MashGet
U.S. watches to see if Mideast unrest affects Bahrain military headquarters The Detroit NewsWashington - Unrest surging through the Arab world... US Follows Two Paths on Unrest in Iran and Bahrain New York TimesWASHINGTON - The Obama ...
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The Impact Of Rising Food Prices On Arab Unrest : NPR | 1913 Intel
By Matt
The Impact Of Rising Food Prices On Arab Unrest : NPR. Posted by Matt in February 20th, 2011. Coincidence or not, the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt came just as world food prices hit a record high. The World Bank reported this week ...
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Saudi Arabia Feels Insecure Amid Mideast Unrest - The West, Islam ...
By West World
Saudi Arabia Feels Insecure Amid Mideast Unrest ... The Saudi and pan-Arab news media have been cautiously supportive of the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, with a number of opinion articles welcoming the call for nonviolent change. ...
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Saudi Arabia Facing Some Tough Decisions
By noreply@allvoices.com
Saudi Arabia is facing some tough decisions in the wake of the civil unrest sweeping through the Arab world. The domino effect of revolution and uprising that started with the.
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Gadhafi forces fire on Libya protesters - Worldnews.com
The Observer 9.52am: Good morning, this is David Batty with today's liveblog on the continuing unrest in the Arab world and Middle East. The death toll is spiralling as security forces in Libya and Bahrain crack down on popular protests ...
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Creative-i : VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 February, 2011: US ...
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YNet News - After upheavals in Egypt and Tunisia and uprisings throughout the Arab world, unrest has reached former French colony Djibouti where two people were killed in clashes on ....... Palestinian Information Center ...
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Libya: Death toll now estimated at more than 200
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It brings the estimated death toll in the country since the unrest began to almost 100. The brutal crackdown comes as a wave of protests sweep through the Arab world, including Bahrain, Yemen, Iraq, Alergia, Tunisia and Kuwait. ...
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Libya latest casualty of Arab world unrest, protesters target Gaddafi
Libya latest casualty of Arab world unrest, protesters target Gaddafi - Hundreds of Libyans calling for the government's ouster took to the streets early ...
www.indianexpress.com/news/libya-latest...of.../751109/
PressTV - 'Arab world unrest to US benefit'
'Arab world unrest to US benefit'. Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:7AM. Share | Email | Print. Pro-democracy protesters chant slogans during a protest outside Sanaa ...
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Morocco joins Arab world unrest as thousands rally for reforms ...
At least 5000 demonstrate in Rabat, waving Tunisian and Egyptian flags in recognition of the popular uprisings that overthrew the two countries' presidents.
www.haaretz.com/.../morocco-joins-arab-world-unrest-as-thou...
Unrest sweeps across Arab world — RT
The governments of the Middle East and North African countries being engulfed by a wave of protests are resorting to force.
rt.com/news/arab-world-unrest-egypt/
Libya latest casualty of Arab world unrest, protesters target ...
Hundreds of Libyans calling for the government's ouster took to the streets early Wednesday in the country's second-largest city as an Egypt-inspired unrest ...
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Protests wash over Iran, Bahrain and Yemen, inspired by Arab world ...
Big protests in the Gulf Arab island state could embolden other ... the 10th anniversary of a national charter introduced after unrest in the 1990s. ...
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Unrest in many Arab nations lead to strong travel warnings
Unrest in Algeria could have implications for the world economy since it is a major oil and gas exporter, but analysts say an Egypt-style revolt is unlikely ...
www.vancouversun.com/Unrest+many.../story.html
Arab world unrest reaches Iran; widespread protests ...
Arab world unrest reaches Iran; widespread protests. By Catholic Online; 2/16/ 2011; Catholic Online (www.catholic.org). 'Mubarak, Ben Ali, now its Seyyed ...
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Arab world unrest spreads, scalds China
Defiant anti-government protests continued to rock the Arab world Sunday, with the toll in Libya topping 100, while it spread to Morocco and for the first ...
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Financial markets incredibly complacent about Arab World unrest ...
The stock markets of the world are incredibly complacent in the face of unrest across the Arab World. This is a threat to the security of the whole world ...
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Arab world unrest spreads, scalds China | Politics
Tripoli/Manama/Beijing, Feb 20 - Defiant anti-government protests continued to rock the Arab world Sunday, with the toll in Libya topping 100, ...
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ARAB WORLD UNREST (2010- ) - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
ARAB WORLD UNREST (2010- ). See all tags ». February 20, 2011, 10:10 am ... Crisis Points gathers views on the unrest in Egypt and the Middle East. ...
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