Arab Spring

Arab Youth Energy Fuels Democratic Revolutions

James Denselow | Posted 09.01.2011 | Books

Read More: Egypt Protests, Hosni Mubarak, Arab Spring, Egypt Revolution, Ben Ali, Libya Protests, Middle East Protests, Books News

Jean-Pierre Filiu's book "The Arab Revolution" is timely to say the least, offering a short but concise series of historical perspectives and modern analyses to form 10 lessons from what he terms the "democratic uprising."

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Democracy 1: Why Libya Won't be Getting Democracy

Roslyn Fuller | Posted 09.01.2011 | UK Politics

Read More: Libya, Democracy, Arab Spring, Athens, UK Politics News

The reason no one in Libya will be getting democracy any time soon is that even most people in Western nations have no idea whatsoever what democracy is.

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WATCH: Libyan Teen Girl Says She Was Forced To Kill Rebels

Posted 09.01.2011 | World

Read More: Gaddafi Female Fighters, Arab Uprising, Libya, Video, Muammar Gaddafi's Female Fighters, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya Militia, Muammar Gaddafi Libya, Libya Uprising, Libya Protests, World News

A young member of the all-female unit of Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan militia has come forward, telling CNN she was ordered to kill rebels or be killed he...

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The Islamic Roots of Democratic Rebellion and Liberty

Mustafa Akyol | Posted 09.01.2011 | Religion

Read More: Islamism, Arab Spring, Islamic Democracy, Islam for Liberation, Islam for Liberty, Islamic Revolution, Islam-Human-Rights, Islamic Arab Spring, Religion News

Now, here is the key question for today: If Mawdudi and his followers synthesized Islam with totalitarianism, can others synthesize it with liberal democracy?

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Inspired by Arab Spring, Mauritius Youth Plan Protests

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 09.01.2011 | World

Read More: Corruption, Arab Uprising, Poverty, Arab Spring, Africa, Protest, Mauritius, Arab Awakening, Facebook, Health Care, World News

"Stop messing with our future" - these are the words written on the logo of a Facebook group in the Mauritius that is hoping to bring about social and political change in the small island just off of Africa's southern coast.

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WATCH: CNN Reporter Finds Lockerbie Bomber Bedridden In Tripoli

Posted 08.31.2011 | World

Read More: Lockerbie, Libya, Video, Lockerbie Bomber, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi Libya, Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi, Tripoli, Libya Protests, World News

CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson's quest to locate and interview Abdel Basset al-Megrahi -- known internationally as the Lockerbie...

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Iran's Supreme Leader Warns Arab World Not To Let West 'Confiscate' Arab Spring

AP | By ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 08.31.2011 | World

Read More: Libya, Libya Rebels, Ali Akbar Salehi, Arab Spring, Libyan Rebels, National Transitional Council, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Bashar Assad, Israel, Syria, 1979 Islamic Revolution, World News

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's top leader warned the Arab world Wednesday not to allow Western powers and Israel to "confiscate" the region's pro-reform upris...

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Western Military Intervention in Libya - How Will It End?

Adnan Al-Daini | Posted 08.31.2011 | UK Politics

Read More: Dignity, The Right, Democracy, The Left, Western Powers, Libyan Revolution, Libya, Politics, Arabs, Arab Spring, Human Rights, Muammar Gaddafi, Nato, Freedom, Arab Revolutions, Iraq, Tripoli, UK Politics News

Commentators on the left and right are confusingly comparing Libya and Iraq and deducing erroneous conclusions; they are ignoring some very fundamenta...

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Gaddafi Son: 'We Are Going To Die In Our Land'

AP | BEN HUBBARD and MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 09.01.2011 | World

Read More: Libya, Eid El Fitr 2011, Islam, Eid El Fitr, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi Libya, Muslims, Libya Uprising, Tripoli, Libya Protests, World News

TRIPOLI, Libya — Two men claiming to be Moammar Gadhafi's sons made conflicting appeals from hiding Wednesday night, with one of them calling fo...

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Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner: Too Early to Talk of "Arab Spring" Until Women Gain Rights

Steve Kettmann | Posted 08.29.2011 | World

Read More: World Peace Conference, Women's Rights, Women, Libya, World Peace Festival, Nobel Peace Prize, Muammar Gaddafi, Iranian Revolution, Nobel Laureates, Iran, Arab Spring, World News

Shirin Ebadi offered a cautionary note about progress in the Muslim World over the weekend at the inaugural World Peace Conference in Berlin, the culmination of a weeklong World Peace Festival.

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GRAPHIC VIDEO: Gaddafi Family Nanny Describes Abuse, Torture At Seaside Condo

Posted 08.29.2011 | World

Read More: Libya, Women's Rights, Video, Gaddafi Compound, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Physical Assault, Hannibal Gaddafi Nanny, Hannibal Gaddafi, Libya Uprising, Libya Protests, World News

With its panoramic views and opulent furniture, the seaside home of Hannibal Gaddafi more closely resembles a luxury resort than a private residence. ...

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Thank You Colonel Gaddafi

Jawal Nga | Posted 08.30.2011 | World

Read More: Gaddafi Libya, Gaddafi, Libya News, Libya Rebels, Arab Uprising, Arab Spring, World News

I am grateful to Gaddafi for one thing: he was stubborn.

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Libya's Uprising, Untapped Riches and America's Missed Opportunity

Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney | Posted 08.29.2011 | World

Read More: Arab Spring, Libya Uprising, Muammar El-Qaddafi, World News

This article was co-authored with Mohamed El-Sherbeini, President of Bio-therapeutics Technologies and Adjunct Professor at Kean University. With the...

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10,000 Libyans Freed From Gaddafi Prisons

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.30.2011 | World

Read More: Arab Uprising, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi Libya Protests, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi Libya, Libya Prisoners, Tripoli, Libya Uprising, Libya Protests, World News

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libyan rebel leaders asked NATO on Monday to keep up pressure on elements of Moammar Gadhafi's regime and to protect those strug...

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Al-Qaeda Has No Future (The Navy Seals and the Arab Spring Have Seen to That)

Nehad Ismail | Posted 08.28.2011 | UK

Read More: SS Cole, Arab Spring, President Obama, Navy Seals, Atiyah Abd Al-Rahman, Ayman Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda, Bin Laden, UK News

The US has killed Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, but the Arab Spring has killed Al-Qaeda as a Jihadist movement.

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Libya's Rebel Leaders: 'Don't Expect Miracles'

AP | By KARIN LAUB and HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 08.27.2011 | World

Read More: Libya, Muammar Gaddafi Libya Protests, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi Libya, Libya Uprising, Tripoli, Libya Protests, World News

TRIPOLI, Libya -- For 42 years, during the long rule of Moammar Gadhafi, the Libyan government barely even existed: state institutions had little powe...

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Deaths Reported In Syria After Latest Wave Of Protests

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 08.27.2011 | UK

Read More: Damascus, Arab Spring, President Bashar Al-Assad, Syrian Protest, Assad, Homs, Syria, Hama, UK News

Nine people were killed by government forces in Syria as protests against President Bashar al-Assad's regime drifted towards a bloody stalemate, activ...

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America and the Fourth Realignment: A Policy for the New Middle East

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 08.26.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Revolutions, Libya War, Qadhafi, Yemen, Obama, Bahrain, Egyptian Revolution, Libya Rebels, Clinton, Arab Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, Muammar Gaddafi, Qaddafi, Libya, Libya Protests, World News

The year 2011 represents the first time since the birth of the modern Middle East that Western powers are collectively standing with the bulk of Arab public opinion.

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Desperately Seeking Gaddafi's Female Bodyguards

AL ARABIYA | Farrag Ismail | Posted 08.26.2011 | World

Read More: Libya, Arab Spring, Gaddafi Compound, Muammar Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi Libya, Tripoli, Libya Protests, World News

When the rebels stormed into Muammar Qaddafi's fortress of Bab al-Aziziya they expected to find more people than just the stalwart leader and his fami...

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When It Comes to Libya, The 'Experts' Miss the Most Important Point

James Miller | Posted 08.25.2011 | World

Read More: Syria, Arab Spring, Gaddafi, Qaddafi, National Transitional Council, Libya, Yemen, Tripoli, Bahrain, World News

There is a crucial point that most of this analysis has missed. How and why did the experts, Obama's military advisors and the media get this story so wrong at almost every step of the way?

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WATCH: Gaddafi's Secret Bunkers Revealed

Posted 08.26.2011 | World

Read More: Libya, Video, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi Compound, Muammar Gaddafi Estate, Muammar Gaddafi Bunkers, Libya Uprising, Tripoli, Libya Protests, World News

Libyan rebels who have seized Muammar Gaddafi's sprawling Bab al-Aziziya compound have already made several questionable discoveries -- among them a p...

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Italian Prime Minister's About-Face On Libyan Leader

AP | By COLLEEN BARRY and FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 08.26.2011 | World

Read More: Libya, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Italy, Tripoli, Libya Protests, World News

MILAN -- Almost exactly a year ago, Silvio Berlusconi was throwing a party for his "friend" Moammar Gadhafi replete with Bedouin riders and a lavish d...

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Did Gaddafi Have A Crush On Condoleezza Rice?

Posted 08.25.2011 | World

Read More: Libya, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Condoleezza Rice, Muammar Gaddafi Condoleezza Rice, Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State, Tripoli, Libya Protests, World News

Among the many bizarre items uncovered as Libyan rebels ransacked Muammar Gaddafi's Tripoli compound: an album filled with photos of former U.S. Secre...

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Which Countries Will Benefit Most From The Return Of Libyan Oil? [GRAPHIC]

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Video, Oil Production, Arab Spring, Oil Imports, Opec, Moammar Gaddafi, Libya Oil, Good, Ireland, Italy, Column Five, Libya Uprising, Business News

As Libyan rebels celebrate the likely overthrow of Moammar Gaddafi's regime, nation's who once relied on Libya's oil exports may soon share their jubi...

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An Exit Strategy for Syria's Assad

Bessma Momani | Posted 08.25.2011 | Canada

Read More: Sanctions, Assad, Immunity, Shabiha, Arab Spring, Syria President, Bashar Al-Assad, Hillary Clinton, Syria, Canada News

Assad needs to stop the violence on Syrian streets -- a request that has continued to fall on deaf ears because there has been no incentive for the Assad family to stop the violence. So, in exchange the international community needs to offer the Assad regime complete immunity from past actions.

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