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Arab spring News : May 1, 2012

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Arab Spring: now begins the education of Islamist politicians
Christian Science Monitor
Islamist politics in the Middle East cracked wide open with the Arabawakening: Islamists have emerged on top in Tunisia, Libya, Iraq, and Egypt. Western publics, lulled by the sight of iPhones and other social media at work, assumed that the

Christian Science Monitor
Dunsmore: The Arab Spring — Season 2
vtdigger.org
If the Arab Spring were a television series, Season 1 was a smash hit — dictators were deposed, democracy was embraced, freedom became reachable for millions of people oppressed for generations. In Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt and Libya this all happened
Leaders in Beijing Feared Arab Spring Could Infect China
BusinessWeek
As the Arab Spring revolts spread from Tunisia to Egypt and Libya after vendor Mohamed Bouazizi’s self-immolation on Dec. 17, 2010, the reports said, some Politburo members questioned whether protests might follow against Chinese provincial politicians
Arab Spring brings gains in press freedom
UPI.com
UPI WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) — Freedom of the press made dramatic gains in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia in 2011 as a result of the Arab Springprotests, a watchdog group said Tuesday. The Washington-based Freedom House said in a report overall global

UPI.com
Arab Spring Frees Media, Mostly
The Media Line
At the same time, the Arab Spring protests that unleashed a new era of media freedom also elicited a pushback from the region’s authoritarian regimes still fighting to stay in power. Moreover, the infant democracies the turmoil has created are fragile
The Arab Spring and the Palestinians
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
Why hasn’t the “Arab Spring” reached Gaza and the West Bank yet? A brief analysis by the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University takes a look at the new “social media” such as Twitter. Its conclusion: The internal Palestinian
Rights Group: Arab Spring Had Mixed Impact on Press Freedom
Middle East Voices
The survey also points to a mixed impact the Arab Spring uprisings have had on countries in North Africa and the Middle East where, according to the group, “potentially far-reaching gains” could have been made. Christopher Walker, vice president for
The Arab Spring’s Implications for NATO
Huffington Post (blog)
These partnerships could also help the Allies to work more closely together to assist Arab countries’ transitions toward more open political systems as the Arab Spring is more of a process rather an event. An extended political dialogue with the region
Abbas says Arab Spring will impact Palestinians
AFP
TUNIS — The rise of Islamist parties across the region in the wake of theArab Spring will have consequences for the Palestinians, Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said Tuesday in Tunis. “The rise to power of Islamist forces in revolutionary countries

AFP
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