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Arab spring News of the day : Dec 22, 2011

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Hamas adjusts to Arab Spring
Washington Post
JERUSALEM — Buoyed by the success of Islamist movements in countries swept by the Arab Spring, Hamas, the militant Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, is showing signs of pragmatism as its sense of isolation fades. The organization is jockeying 
Arab Spring, One Year On: Winners and Losers (Part II)
Slate Magazine (blog)
The United States: President Obama performed a deft pirouette as theArab Spring began, pledging in his 2011 State of the Union address that America’s support was “with the people” of Tunisia – even before Tunisia’s regime fell. 

Slate Magazine (blog)
FACTBOX-Arab Spring momentum in Middle East, North Africa
Reuters Africa
An advance team from the Arab League arrived in Syria on Thursday ahead of the deployment of monitors to judge whether Damascus is implementing a peace plan it agreed last month. At least two people were killed earlier in the day. 
Arab Spring brings persecution to Christians
OneNewsNow
One year after the start of “Arab Spring,” Christians in those countries find themselves in a difficult position as they face intolerance and persecution.Arab Spring began in North Africa and the Middle East, starting in Tunisia on December 18 and 

OneNewsNow
The Arab Spring In Winter
WBUR
2011 was the year of “the Arab Spring.” As the year ends, we ask where it really stands. Egyptian protesters throw rocks at military police during clashes near Cairo’s downtown Tahrir Square, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. Activists say the clashes 

WBUR
Putin, Medvedev and the Arab Spring: will Russia’s foreign policy end up on 
Open Democracy
The Arab Spring has forced countries to take sides – always a risky business, but in Syria and Libya particularly so, because the possible financial losses if Russia ends up on the wrong side are considerable. Recent Russian decisions have seemed at 

Open Democracy
The Arab Winter
Salt Lake Tribune
The Arab Spring, history may record, began last winter. This winter, the signs that freedom and democracy have been truly planted across the Arab world are not so bright as might have been hoped. The act that is given credit for bringing millions of 
Arab Spring led to the Muslim Brotherhood rise to power
The Voice of Russia
Today we’ll be looking at one of the most spectacular success stories of the year – and that is the unprecedented rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and its associated parties in the so-called Arab Spring countries. In Egypt the movement which was banned 

The Voice of Russia
Anthony Shadid: A foreign correspondent reflects on the Arab Spring
89.3 KPCC
A Yemeni fully veiled youth, shows her fist sporting paints of flags of Arab countries who took part in what is known to be the “Arab Spring” and a slogan that reads:” We will win,” during a protest in Sanaa, October 26, 2011 against the death of 

89.3 KPCC
The global youth unemployment crisis
Reuters Blogs (blog)
When Occupy Wall Street launched, there were hopes and fears that it would recapitulate the Arab Spring. Those hopes and fears sprang largely from a simple fact: that both OWS and the Arab Spring are characterized in large part by angry, 

Reuters Blogs (blog)
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