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News headlines for “Middle East and North Africa Unrest”, page 71
LIBYA: Rebels Storm Gaddafi Compound in Tripoli
- Inter Press Service
Rebels have entered the fortified compound of Muammar Gaddafi in Bab al-Azizya in Tripoli, following intense fighting with forces loyal to the Libyan leader.
LIBYA: No ‘Mission Accomplished’ Claimed in Washington Yet
- Inter Press Service
While the apparent end of Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year reign over Libya was greeted with considerable satisfaction here Monday, no one was prepared to declare 'mission accomplished', particularly given the looming questions around what happens next.
POLITICS: IBSA Opposes Measures Against Syria
- Inter Press Service
Members of the emerging economy grouping known as IBSA - India, Brazil and South Africa - have joined China and Russia in opposing measures against Syria.
Pockets of Resistance As Rebels Claim Tripoli
- Inter Press Service
The head of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) has announced the end of the Muammar Gaddafi era, while sporadic fighting continued across the capital, Tripoli.
Arab Spring Slips Into Tunisian Fall
- Inter Press Service
Seven months after Tunisia’s historic uprising which saw the ouster of long-time dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and gave birth to the region’s Arab Spring, many Tunisians are losing confidence in the progress of their revolution.
EGYPT: The Mubarak Show Goes Into Hiding
- Inter Press Service
In a shuttered Cairo café, Egyptians crane their necks to watch the courtroom drama unfolding on a small television screen mounted high on the wall. The camera pans across the crowded courtroom and zooms in on a frail old man lying on a stretcher inside the caged defendants' box. Part Godfather, part Hannibal Lecter, he is the feared head of a powerful family at the centre of a web of violence and corruption. Beside him are his two sons, one known for shady business deals, the other groomed to head the cartel.
SYRIA: Driving Into a Divided Land
- Inter Press Service
Scores of buses carrying Syrians out of the country are waiting in uneven lines on the Lebanese-Syrian border for their paperwork to be processed. There are no Arab or Western tourists eager to cross to the other side, usually seen in hordes this time of year.
SYRIA: U.S., EU Call for Assad's Ouster
- Inter Press Service
After tiptoeing toward demanding the ouster of Bashir Al-Assad over the last several months, U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday finally jumped over the line with his first explicit call for the Syrian president to resign.
Int'l Pressure Mounts as Syrian Crackdown Grows More Violent
- Inter Press Service
Though many expected the Muslim holy month of Ramadan to bring a significant boost to the beleaguered Syrian opposition movement, the past two weeks have instead brought the bloodiest government offensives to date.
EGYPT: Sinai Simmers in Security Vacuum
- Inter Press Service
Even before the recent revolution, Egypt's strategic Sinai Peninsula - inhabited mostly by restive Bedouin tribesmen - had a reputation for lawlessness. But in the months since the popular uprising that led to Mubarak's February ouster, the situation in Sinai appears more precarious than ever.
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