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News headlines for “Middle East and North Africa Unrest”, page 51
U.N. Chief Says Syria Has Broken Ceasefire
- Inter Press Service
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon the has called for a U.N. observer mission in Syria to be expanded, even though he says Damascus has failed to adhere to a ceasefire central to an agreed peace plan.
Filipino Workers Caught in Syrian Crossfire
- Inter Press Service
As pressure mounts on the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to keep up an uncertain truce, human rights advocates are demanding reforms to a sponsorship system that has left many migrant domestic workers in Syria with no place to run.
OP-ED: Tweeting Democracy Across the Arab World
- Inter Press Service
Over the past few years, the political landscape of the Middle East was wholly transformed by the diffusion of social media across the region. Accounting for 50-65 percent of the region's population, young Muslims quickly embraced these new platforms of mass communication and soon thereafter, they became leaders of revolutions.
Libyans Now Battle Over Housing
- Inter Press Service
The future is uncertain for the gregarious Alhasairi family, living in a downtown apartment block battle-scarred from last year’s overthrow of the Gaddafi regime. Like countless of similar cases across Libya, the property itself is now contested, as the original owners want to return home.
OP-ED: The Arab Spring: Youth, Freedom and the Tools of Technology
- Inter Press Service
Wielding mobile phones and computers, the young activists across the Middle East have altered the way the world approaches popular mobilisation, social networks and Internet freedom.
Internet Radio Powers on After Arab Spring
- Inter Press Service
When an Egyptian court fined former president Hosni Mubarak and two aides a total of 90 million dollars for cutting mobile and Internet services during protests that led to his ouster, it indicated the value placed on communication services in this Arab country.
Syrian Strife Hits Lebanese Villages
- Inter Press Service
A few kilometres separate the two Lebanese villages of Ersal and Qaa from the Syrian border, both of which have been unwillingly drawn into the violence of the Syrian uprising. Unrest has been brewing in the region for weeks and recently it was on the receiving end of intermittent gunfire from the Syrian army. The situation remains tense despite the fragile new ceasefire.
Protests in Syria Continue as Truce 'Partly Observed'
- Inter Press Service
An internationally brokered ceasefire in Syria is only being 'partially observed,' the opposition says, as state television reported that a roadside bomb had killed an army officer.
Muslim Brotherhood’s Presidential Aims Challenged
- Inter Press Service
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has surprised both supporters and rivals by abruptly announcing its own nominee for upcoming presidential elections, despite earlier promises that it would not field a candidate from within its own ranks.
Not for a Woman in Amman
- Inter Press Service
Two young women in brightly coloured hijabs and tight jeans stand on the edge of a freeway as cars whiz by. They watch the traffic, heavy in Amman where car ownership is skyrocketing by 10-15 percent a year. When there’s a break in the steady flow of vehicles, the women hold hands and race across the road.
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