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Arab spring News : Feb 15, 2012

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Is an Arab Spring in the air for Algeria?
Reuters
By Lamine Chikhi and Christian Lowe | ALGIERS (Reuters) – When Moncef Marzouki, a former dissident transformed by the “Arab Spring” into Tunisia’s president, paid an official visit to Algeria on Sunday, red and white Tunisian flags flew from lamp-posts
US to aid Arab Spring countries
Al-Bawaba
US President Barack Obama proposed on a Monday an $800 million financial aid package to the Arab Spring countries to fund economic and political reform as part of the budget for the 2013 fiscal year that starts next October. The White House expects the

Al-Bawaba
Maldives coup: Mohamed Nasheed, Godfather of the Arab Spring, falls from grace
GlobalPost
It has been a bad week for the man viewed by many in the international community as a godfather of the Arab Spring. Nasheed was lauded as an activist who managed to galvanize a protest movement and topple a longstanding corrupt and autocratic regime in
Arab Spring started with Saudi king’s initiative to find peace in region
Al-Arabiya
The Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has described a 2002 initiative to ensure the prevalance of peace by then Saudi King Abdullah as the beginning of the Arab Spring. (Al Arabiya) By Hussein Knaiber Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the

Al-Arabiya
Police Break Up Arab Spring Anniversary Protests in Bahrain
The Epoch Times
On Monday, several thousand demonstrators clashed with police in one of the largest demonstrations in months designed to mark one year since their stalled Arab Spring protests began. Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, an official with Bahrain’s

The Epoch Times
Arab Spring? Or Winter?
Malta Independent Online
The so-called Arab Spring was born. Revolutions are a first step away from tyranny. But free and fair elections are a necessary second. The recent elections in Tunisia carried great significance as the first free vote brought about by the Arab Spring.
People experiencing ‘Arab Spring‘ envy Palestinians, Middle East expert says
Jewish Tribune
TORONTO – People in nations experiencing “the Arab Spring” envy the Palestinians and would prefer ‘Israeli occupation’ over their own repressive governments, according to Middle East expert Dr. Mordechai Kedar. “People envy the Palestinians for having
In growing Syria crisis, Obama has few options
Times of India
WASHINGTON: Eleven months into the bloodiest uprising of the ” Arab Spring,” US President Barack Obama is staking his Syria policy on a fragile and untested international coalition that has few palatable options for ending the violence.
Pinterest, Meet Arab Spring: Clone Site Collects Videos of Protest
Mashable
News website Middle East Voices has created a digital forum for footage from Arab Spring protests, focusing on Bahrain — and the result looks very much like hot startup Pinterest. Lulu Live, launched on the one year anniversary of Feb.
US to boost Arab Spring nations with $770 mln aid
Hurriyet Daily News (press release)
13 to help countries swept by “Arab Spring” revolutions with around $770 million in economic aid, while cutting funds for Israeli missile defense programs by $6.3 million. US President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion budget for 2013 and proposed
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