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Arab Spring Drives Up Global Numbers of Internally Displaced
Voice of America
April 19, 2012 Arab Spring Drives Up Global Numbers of Internally Displaced Lisa Schlein | Geneva A new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council finds 26.4 million people were internally displaced by conflicts around the world last year.
Arab Spring Drives Up Global Numbers of Refugees, Internally Displaced
Middle East Voices
It reports the Arab Spring uprisings are a key factor behind a significant rise in the populations who became uprooted from their homes in 2011. The report finds 3.5 million people were newly displaced during 2011, a jump of 20 percent from 2010.
Bahrain Timeline: Calls To Cancel Formula One (F1) Race Amid Arab Spring Protests
Sky News
The United Arab Emirates says it will send 500 police. March 16 – Bahraini forces crack down on protesters, clearing hundreds from the camp that had become their symbol. Military imposes a curfew across most parts of Manama and bans all public

Sky News
Speaker: Arab Spring had roots in human dignity
Edmond Sun
Slackman spoke about the “Arab Spring: The Call for Change” Wednesday as part of the American Democracy Project. The event marked a week of celebration for the inauguration of Dr. Don Betz as UCO’s 20th president. As deputy foreign editor,
Arab Spring nations in turmoil once again
Washington Times
Participants in the rally, organized by several opposition societies, waved Bahraini flags along with those of Arab spring countries Syria, Yemen, Jordan, Tunisia and Egypt, while calling for the fall of the Bahraini government, freedom for prisoners

Washington Times
‘A Year in Tahrir:’ Arab Spring and American politics discussed at WSU
Arab American News
DETROIT – A full-day conference awaited local activists, students, community leaders and other attendees at this past weekend’s ‘A Year in Tahrir: The Future of Arab Spring and Its Implications in the United States’ at Wayne State University.
Opinion: The future of the Arab Spring
Associated Baptist Press
By Jim Denison (ABP) — I am writing from Israel, where I lead a study tour each spring. From this vantage point, the status of the Arab Spring after a year is especially relevant. What is the future for this conflicted region?
Wary UAE tightens screws on Islamists
Chicago Tribune
Wary of the Muslim Brotherhood’s growing influence in the Arab world, the United Arab Emirates is clamping down on Islamists, anxious they could be emboldened to challenge a government that has weathered “Arab Spring” uprisings unscathed.
Arab world unemployment rising after Arab Spring
Haaretz
By TheMarker and Agencies Unemployment in the Arab world will hit at least 16% in the wake of last year’s uprisings, reported Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, quoting a senior official in the Arab Labor Organization. The official, Mohamed Sherif Dawood,
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