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Anti-U.S. protests jar Mideast with message of uncertainty
Los Angeles TimesAs night fell Saturday and cars swerved around Tahrir Square tooting their horns, a stout woman in a black veil and robes screamed herself hoarse: "The president is an agent of the Americans!" But the protesters who had tried to charge the U.S. Embassy...Tags: Religion and Belief, Cairo (Egypt), U.S. Embassy, Parties and Movements, Yemen
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4 Bellingham teachers working in Tunisia safe after mobs loot their school
Q13 FOX News OnlineFour teachers from Bellingham working abroad in Tunisia are safe in their homes after rioters looted a private school they worked in, the Bellingham Herald reports. The local educators - Kaylee Vaughn, Andy Donahue, Marty Atkins and Allan Brady - were...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Teachers
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Violence erupts at protests of anti-Muslim film
Fury over an anti-Islam film spread across the Muslim world Friday, with deadly clashes near Western embassies in Tunisia and Sudan, an American fast-food restaurant set ablaze in Lebanon, and international peacekeepers attacked in the Sinai despite an...
Tags: Jihad, Demonstration, U.S. Embassy, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama
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Olympics: Men's volleyball team out of medal contention
The quest for a repeat gold medal came to a halt Wednesday for the U.S. Olympic men's volleyball team. Defending champion Team USA was eliminated from medal contention by Italy, which scored a 28-26, 25-20, 25-20 quarterfinal round victory at Earls Court...
Tags: Italy, Germany, Brazil, Awards and Prizes, Russia
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Defected premier: Syrian regime near collapse
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Syria's defected prime minister said Tuesday that Bashar Assad's regime was near collapse and urged other political and military leaders to tip the scales and join the rebel side. "The regime is on the verge of collapse morally...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad
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Arab Spring, American summer: Foreign students visit Michiana, tell their stories
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- Menna, 20, paid no attention to politics until the Egyptian revolution started on Jan. 25, 2011. "We never imagined the president would be overthrown," said the young medical student, who lives in Sohag, a city about 240 miles from Cairo,...Tags: Egyptian Revolution (2011-12), Customs and Tradition, Elections, Saudi Arabia, Colleges and Universities
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Thornton, Smith named to U.S. Olympic men's volleyball team roster
Brian Thornton and David Smith, both former UC Irvine standouts, have been named to the U.S. Olympic men's volleyball team, pending approval from the U.S. Olympic Committee. Upon approval, Thornton and Smith along with the rest of the nominated team...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, The Pennsylvania State University, University of California, Santa Barbara, Science and Technology, Thornton
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Islam and democracy
Is Islam compatible with democracy? Beginning last year, the democratically inspired “Arab Spring” movements have toppled repressive regimes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. As democratic elections begin in these and other countries, however,...Tags: Civil Rights, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, London School of Economics, Elections
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Egyptians begin voting in pivotal runoff election
World NowCAIRO -- A tense Egypt began voting Saturday in the runoff to choose a new president amid a tightening military grip and fears that the result will not lift the nation from decades of authoritarian rule. The choice is stark, if unsettling: Muslim... -
Wife of former Tunisian dictator apologizes, denies wrongdoing
World NowLeila ben Ali, wife of deposed Tunisian dictator Zine el Abidine ben Ali, gave a measured apology for any “mistakes” she may have committed and admitted Tunisians were denied political freedoms under her husband’s 23-year rule in her... -
Stop searching for an Obama Doctrine
Every few months, commentators find a new grand strategy that animates Barack Obama. First he was the antiwar candidate, because his rise in the Democratic primaries had much to do with his early and consistent opposition to the Iraq war. But even some on...Tags: The New York Times, Washington (U.S. state), Egyptian Revolution (2011-12), Iraq, George H.W. Bush
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Book Review: 'Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesRock the Casbah Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World Robin Wright Simon & Schuster: 320 pp., $26.99 It might seem odd to appropriate the title of a song from an English punk band for a book of in-depth reporting about the evolving political...Tags: YouTube, Jihad, Religious Conflicts, Religion and Belief, Iraq
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