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Arab spring News : Feb 8, 2012

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Rights group: Yemen’s crackdown on Arab Spring protesters killed over 120
Washington Post
NEW YORK — Yemen’s president, who is in New York protected by diplomatic immunity while he receives medical treatment, ordered a crackdown on Arab Springprotesters last year that killed at least 120 people just in one city, Human Rights Watch said in
Insight: In Sudan, glimpses of an Arab spring
Reuters
Despite that danger, the activist, from an underground group called “Change Now”, said he was convinced Sudan is on the brink of its own Arab Spring uprising. Hard times and growing frustration with the two-decades-old government of President Omar
Implications of Arab Spring and political transitions raise concerns for
MarketWatch (press release)
8, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — While clarity has begun to emerge in some of the countries affected by the Arab Spring, the resulting tension has spurred or intensified protests in dozens of countries, both within the region and elsewhere.
Critics slam Obama’s handling of ‘Arab Spring
Washington Times
During last year’s “Arab Spring,” President Obama pledged the full support of the US to those who risked their lives to reform dictatorial regimes across the Middle East. But now the administration has closed the US embassy in Syria as government

Washington Times
In the Arab world, Turkey’s on top
Jerusalem Post
By DAVID ROSENBERG / THE MEDIA LINE 02/08/2012 11:24 By REUTERS/Umit Bektas The Arab Spring has been tough on Turkey. Its good friend, Syrian President Bashar Assad, disappointed it with a violent crackdown on protesters. Relations with Iran have grown
Arab Spring causes hotel demand pressure
Hotel News Now
LONDON—One year since the beginning of the Arab Spring, demand has yet to return to Egypt, Bahrain and the Levant region according to the 2011 year-end data from STR Global, the leading provider of market data to the hotel industry.
India: Arab Spring wrecking mango industry
FreshPlaza
The effects of the so called Arab Spring are well attested to in relation to the Middle East and North Africa, but what about the impact they are having on mango farmers in India? Last years, as a result of various conflicts, import of Indian mango
Arab Spring‘ becoming nightmare for Christians
WND.com
However, in the last year, the so-called Arab Spring has sparked intensified concern, with reports of an increase in attacks against Christians in some countries here. Islamists already have ascended to power in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia.

WND.com
China Sided With Russia on Syria Out of Defensiveness, Not Strength
Daily Beast
Tired of being pressured to follow rules set by the West, fearful that anArab Spring could take root in its own soil, China’s controversial UN vote is all about subtext. Recent images from the embattled Syrian city of Homs, after nearly a week of
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