Arab spring News : May 12, 2012

Vote confirms Algeria as Arab Spring exception: analysts
AFP
By Jean-Marc Mojon (AFP) – 6 hours ago ALGIERS — The Arab Spring’swind of change fell dead on an Algerian regime that derives its strength from two brutal conflicts and prior experience of Islamism, analysts said Saturday. The results of Algeria’s …

AFP

Algeria ruling party snubs Arab Spring to win election
Chicago Tribune
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria on Friday declared its ruling party for the past 50 years the victor in a parliamentary election, going against the tide of the “Arab Spring” which has transformed its neighbors. The governing elite in Algeria, …

EU observers: Algeria vote a step towards reform
Reuters
* Parliamentary election handed win to ruling party * Result bucks trend of “Arab Spring” uprisings * Vote was flawed but showed progress: observers (Adds opposition comment in paragraphs 14 & 15) By Christian Lowe ALGIERS, May 12 (Reuters) – European …

Algeria confirmed as Arab Springs exception
Independent Online
The Arab Spring’s wind of change fell dead on an Algerian regime that derives its strength from two brutal conflicts and prior experience of Islamism, analysts said Saturday. The results of Algeria’s first polls since the wave of uprisings born in …

Independent Online

Algerian Islamists fall to govt party in election
The Associated Press
By PAUL SCHEMM, AP – 3 hours ago ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Islamists suffered a surprising defeat in Algeria’s parliamentary elections, bucking a trend that saw them gain power across North Africa after Arab Spring uprisings. The three party Islamist …

Algerian regime tightens grip despite Arab Spring
Ahram Online
Algeria’s ruling party tightened its grip on power in an election that bucked the regional trend of Islamists gaining strength since the Arab Spring, according to results Friday that drew accusations of fraud. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s National …

Ahram Online

Algeria Islamists Miss Arab Spring Revival
Onislam.net
ALGIERS – Resisting the Arab Spring’s tide of democratic change, Algeria’s ruling party secured a huge victory in legislative polls on Saturday, May 12, as Islamists reeled from an unexpected stinging setback. “In fact the Arab Spring did have an …

Onislam.net

Algeria ruling party snubs Arab Spring, wins polls
The Daily Star
By Christian Lowe, Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS: Algeria Friday declared its ruling party for the past 50 years the victor in parliamentary elections, going against the tide of the Arab Spring which has transformed its neighbors.

The Daily Star

Algeria elects ruling party in Arab Spring rebuff
Irish Times
ALGIERS – Algeria yesterday declared its ruling party for the past 50 years victor in a parliamentary election, against the tide of the Arab Spring that has transformed some of its neighbours. The governing elite in Algeria, which supplies about a …

Irish Times

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