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Arab spring News of the day : Dec 24, 2011

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Was Arab Spring a Victory for Extremism?: Jeffrey Goldberg

Bloomberg

Dignity and Respect In many ways the Arab Uprising — or Arab Awakening, or Arab Spring; freedom means we can call it what we want — should thrill the American soul. Millions of Arabs, their fear of torture and persecution finally conquered by anger 

Sisters to share stories of Arab Spring at Camden library

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Courtesy of: Camden Public Library Sarah and Kateland Oakes of Hope found themselves in the middle of the Arab Spring. Camden — Two sisters, Sarah and Kateland Oakes of Hope, recently made an extended visit to the Middle East as part of their studies, 

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Report: Another Chinese activist charged with subversion amid government crackdown

Washington Post

BEIJING — A veteran Chinese activist has been charged with subversion, a human rights group said Saturday, after another dissident was jailed for nine years in a crackdown aimed at preventing Arab Spring-style democratic uprisings. 

‘Occupy,’ Arab Spring nothing alike

Arizona Republic

The Arab protesters in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and other countries used self-immolation, war and defiance of armed military who fired at and killed them, to overthrow governments. By contrast, American protesters seized on the political 

Good and Bad Goldberg

The Atlantic

The really good column was about Islamists and the Arab Spring–Was the Arab Spring a Victory for Extremism?–a subject that other commentators on the Middle East have been rather shying away from. In many ways the Arab Uprising — or Arab Awakening, 

Mashaal: Hamas Will Focus on Arab Spring-Style Protests

Arutz Sheva

By Elad Benari, Canada Hamas will focus on holding Arab Spring-style mass protests against Israel but is not renouncing the use of violence against the Jewish state, leader Khaled Mashaal told The Associated Press late Thursday. 

Arutz Sheva

Syria: bloodshed in Damascus

The Guardian

It is an unseasonably gloomy thought, but nevertheless a true one: all the aspirations, the sacrifice and the triumphs of a momentous year of revolution and upheaval in the Arab world hinge ultimately on events taking place in Syria. The Arab spring is 

US, France Seek Balance on Mideast

Wall Street Journal

The State Department is significantly increasing staff in its Paris embassy to more closely coordinate on Iran and the political rebellions in the Middle East known as the Arab Spring. French officials said President Nicolas Sarkozy believes Iran’s 

Wall Street Journal

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