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Egypt: journalists' union head on trial
Text An Egyptian court began the trial of journalists' union leader Yahya Qalash and two board members who were charged with spreading "false news" and harboring wanted reporters.egypt.jpg.gifAn...
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Syria: civil resistance re-emerges in fighting lull
Text With a lull in the fighting since the Syria "ceasefire," civil movements now re-emerge in the "free" areas, residents filling the streets under the slogan "The Revolution...
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Saudi Arabia: five years for tweeting
Text Amnesty International protested the conviction of journalist Alaa Brinji by a Saudi court on charges of "insulting authority" for tweeting in support of women's rights.saudi_arabia.jpg.gifAmnesty...
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Bernie Sanders must drop Tulsi Gabbard!
Text Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a key supporter of Bernie Sanders, is also a supporter of the genocidal dictatorship of Bashar Assad. Bernie's partisans urgently need to call him on...
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Iraq: protesters demand new government
Text Protests demanding resignation of Haider al-Abadi's government shook Baghdad, with parliament sessions repeatedly cancelled because the chamber could not be secured.iraq_map.jpg.gifPeople began...
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Revolution in Syria and Turkey: mutual betrayal?
Text One of the greatest tragedies on the global stage now is that revolutions are going on in both Syria and Turkey—and they are being pitted against each other in the Great Game.kurdishmap.jpgOne of...
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Protests in Egypt over Red Sea islands transfer
Text New protests have erupted in Egypt calling for the downfall of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi over his decision to turn two disputed islands over to Saudi Arabia.egypt.jpg.gifThousands marched in...
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Iraq: protesters camp out in Green Zone
Text One day after storming parliament, Iraqi protesters began camping out May Day within the confines of Baghdad's International Zone, also referred to as the "Green Zone."iraq_map.jpg.gifOne day...
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Egypt sentences protesters to five years
Text Egyptian officials announced the conviction and prison sentences of over one hundred demonstrators who were peacefully assembling without a permit.egypt.jpg.gifEgyptian officials announced on May...
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Baghdad: three killed in Green Zone protests
Text Security forces opened fire on protesters storming Baghdad's Green Zone, killing three and wounding some 20—the second such breach of the security wall in recent weeks.iraq_map.jpg.gifSecurity...
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Egypt: journalists' union head on trial
Text An Egyptian court began the trial of journalists' union leader Yahya Qalash and two board members who were charged with spreading "false news" and harboring wanted reporters.egypt.jpg.gifAn...
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Egypt: hundreds disappeared and tortured
Text Egypt's National Security Agency is abducting, torturing and forcibly disappearing people in an effort to intimidate opponents and crush peaceful dissent, Amnesty International...
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Bahrain: court orders opposition group dissolved
Text Bahrain's high court ordered al-Wefaq, the main Shi'ite opposition party, to be dissolved, ruling that it had engaged in "terrorism, extremism, and violence."persian_gulf_1973.jpgThe Bahrain High...
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Bahrain rights defender Maryam al-Khawaja speaks
Text Exiled Bahraini human rights defender Maryam al-Khawaja, speaking in New York, says the Arab regimes are exploiting sectarianism to pit revolutions against each other. maryam.jpgMaryam...
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Fall of Daraya: bitter fruit of Syria's betrayal
Text After four years of siege and bombardment, the evacuation is underway of civilians and rebels from Daraya, the Damascus suburb that was an early cradle of the revolution.syriadaraya.jpgAfter four...
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Libya: against imperial retrospectivity
Text The glee with which "anti-war" voices have greeted the British parliament's critical report on the Libya intervention betrays unseemly schadenfreude over the post-Qaddafi chaos.libya.jpgThe...
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Tunisian fellahin resist land-grab
Text The farmers and agricultural workers of Tunisia's Jemna oasis have issued an urgent call for solidarity in defense of their communal property against a government-backed...
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Yemen and Syria: fearful symmetry
Text Russian counterinsurgency in Syria mirrors US-backed counterinsurgency in Yemen, betraying superpower rivalry and "cooperation" alike as inimical to the region's...
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Emir of Kuwait dissolves parliament
Text The Emir of Kuwait issued a decree to dissolve the country's parliament after weeks of deadlock over austerity measures imposed due to depressed global oil prices.persian_gulf_1973.jpgThe Emir of...
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Protests in Morocco after death of fish vendor
Text Thousands of Moroccans held protests in several towns and cities after a fish vendor was crushed to death in a garbage compactor while trying to retrieve fish confiscated by...
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