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News headlines for “Middle East and North Africa Unrest”, page 49
Presidential Hopefuls Haunted by their Pasts
- Inter Press Service
One is a conservative Islamist attempting to reinvent himself as a pragmatic liberal, the other is a secular statesman trying to distance himself from the authoritarian regime he once served. Both aspire to be Egypt’s first civilian president.
U.S. Arms Sale Sends Wrong Signal to Bahrain, Groups Say
- Inter Press Service
The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is sending the wrong signal to the government of Bahrain in proceeding with a partial sale of new arms to Manama, according to human rights activists and some lawmakers here.
Building Libya's New Media 'From a Void'
- Inter Press Service
Going from being a country with a highly controlled press to one that has free, independent and functioning media in roughly a year is a tall order.
Deserting Refugees in the Sahara
- Inter Press Service
As dusk settles over the isolated Saharan town Kufra, young guards order a few hundred migrants lined up at a detention centre to chant 'Libya free, Chadians out', before they kneel down for evening prayers.
Recovering From the Spring, at a Price
- Inter Press Service
The Arab Spring has sent scores of sick and injured Libyans fleeing their war- torn country north to Jordan. The unexpected flow of patients is putting a lot of pressure on Jordanian hospitals and disrupting the lives of Libyan and Jordanian patients alike, a situation the Libyan government is now attempting to correct.
Bomb Hits Syrian Truck Escorting U.N. Convoy
- Inter Press Service
A roadside bomb struck a Syrian military truck near Deraa, wounding six soldiers just seconds after a convoy carrying the head of the U.N. observer mission passed by.
Tunisia's Revolution is Just Beginning
- Inter Press Service
Lingering violence, intolerance and oppression in Tunisia, following the ousting of former dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011, tells the revolutionaries who sparked the Arab Spring that their work is just beginning.
Egypt-Israel Gas Issue Becoming Explosive
- Inter Press Service
The two weeks since Egypt's abrupt cancellation of a Mubarak-era gas-export deal with Israel have seen an exchange of indirect threats and warnings between the two countries, culminating in an apparent Israeli military build-up on the border of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
Hope Dwindles Ahead of Algerian Elections
- Inter Press Service
'Is that your photo on the poster?' a policeman asked a woman standing in front of an electoral campaign board in Algiers. 'Why do you ask?' she inquired. 'Because only the candidates are interested in these elections,' he replied.
Illegal and Brutal Detainment Lives on in Yemen
- Inter Press Service
'They made me drink my own urine,' said one former detainee, Addam Ayedh al-Shayef, describing his experiences in detainment in Yemen. 'When I refused to drink it, they electrocuted me. After I came home, I would dream I was still being tortured and I'd wake up screaming.'
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