Middle East

The crowds in Tahrir Square prevail at last - Newsbook (160)

• • Leader: How Egypt can move towards democracy
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• • Egypt's mood of protest cannot be reversed
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• • Iran's view of Egypt
  • (28)
• • In the Gulf states, ripples are spreading
  • (5)
• • Syria's president is safe for now. But this may change
  • (6)
• • How should America deal with its ally?
  • (84)
• • Nervous times ahead for Jordan's monarchy
  • (13)
• • Egypt’s upheaval is rattling the Israelis
  • (86)

In "The Glass Collector" Anna Perera writes about coming of age on the dump (1)

• • Tweet if you want freedom
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• • Topic page: Egypt

After the Tunisia's revolution, how to go about putting the country back together? (3)

• • No one is really in charge
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• • Ben Ali's flight leaves Tunisia in turmoil
  • (28)
• • Leader: A paragon of democracy for other Arab countries?
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• • Topic page: Tunisia

Israel's inquiry into the attack on the flotilla bringing aid to Gaza has few sharp criticisms (78)

• • A split in Israel's Labour party
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• • The contours of a future Palestinian state are blurry
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• • Problems for Israel's ruling coalition
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• • Democracy and territory in the holy land
  • Democracy in America
  • (37)
• • Topic page: Israeli politics

Isolation, international sanctions and the removal of subsidies all herald rocky times ahead for Iran’s redoubtable and durable president (51)

• • Audio: Anoush Ehteshami on Iran's economic reform
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• • Iran's president fires his chief diplomat (Dec 2010)
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• • Sanctions begin to hurt Iran's economy (Oct 2010)
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• • Topic page: Iran