| Zimbabwe activists appeal conviction, sentences for Arab Spring video session Washington Post HARARE, Zimbabwe — Six Zimbabwean activists convicted of conspiring to commit violence for watching videos of Arab uprisings are appealing their conviction and sentences, their attorneys said Monday. Attorney Alec Muchadehama said he filed appeal … |
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| Arab Spring Brings Some Sour Fruits AllAfrica.com Given that economic discontent played a vital role in the Arab uprisings, economic growth has become vital to sustain the fruit of revolution. “In societies characterised by young populations, and by a need to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs … |
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| Arab Spring boosts defence purchase in Mena Peninsula On-line (Shaival Dalal) By CHRIS V PANGANIBAN DOHA: The “Arab Spring” has made substantial changes to planned naval purchases notably in Libya, an expert at the Dimdex 2012 said. There is a continued growth of naval expenditure in the Middle East and North … |
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| At Iraq Summit, Baghdad to Court Arab Neighbors Wall Street Journal By SAM DAGHER BAGHDAD—Ahead of an Arab League summit that begins here Tuesday, the first major conference Iraq has hosted since the Arab spring upheavals began, the government is making a concerted effort to cozy up to its fellow Arab nations. |
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| Panel discussion examines implications of Arab Spring Flyer News The University of Dayton hosted a discussion last week to examine the causes, implications and challenges of the Arab Spring. The panel discussion, which took place Thursday, March 22, in the Kennedy Union Ballroom, was titled “The Arab Spring One Year … |
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| Arab League goes from bluster to clout in Arab Spring Channel News Asia CAIRO: Back in 2008, flamboyant Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi warned rulers at an Arab League summit in Damascus that they, too, could face the fate of executed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The assembled dictators, who between them ruled more than … |
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| ‘Arab Spring‘ unions get top rights award People’s World Two union federations that have been leaders in the “Arab Spring,” in Tunisia and Bahrain, received the AFL-CIO’s top human rights award. They received the award during the federation’s executive council meeting in Orlando, Fla. |
