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News headlines for “Crisis in Libya”, page 65
EGYPT: Mubarak Men Begin to Resurface
- Inter Press Service
Members of the regime of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak have demanded to be allowed to run in upcoming elections and warned of violence if legislation to prohibit their political ambitions is passed.
LIBYA: Hatred Divides Libya After Gaddafi
- Inter Press Service
The long-time dictator who ruled Libya for nearly four decades with an iron fist may be gone, but racial hatred surfaces increasingly now by the day.
TUNISIA: Women Seek to Set Their Stamp
- Inter Press Service
Nine months after a popular election toppled the dictatorship of former Tunisian president Zine Abadine Ben Ali, voters headed to the polls Sunday to cast their ballots for fresh leaders to rewrite the laws of the country’s political system.
EGYPT: Bumpy Ride to a New Human Rights City
- Inter Press Service
The upheaval of the Arab Spring has provided fertile ground to plant the seed of a new framework for human rights that moves beyond monitoring violations. Rights advocates want to integrate human rights into the fabric of daily life and are working at the community level to establish the first Human Rights City in the Middle East.
TUNISIA: Islamist Violence Rises Ahead of Elections
- Inter Press Service
Violent and increasingly common protests organised by far right Islamists are shocking and dividing the nation, and potentially threatening stability in the birthplace of the Arab spring.
U.S.-LIBYA: Obama Claims Vindication
- Inter Press Service
The death of former Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi was hailed here Thursday by both the administration of President Barack Obama and some of his Republican foes as the latest in a series of victories for U.S. foreign policy.
Rights Groups Demand General Assembly Action on Syria
- Inter Press Service
A coalition of 29 international human rights organisations is appealing to the 193-member General Assembly to act 'immediately' to help halt the unbridled violence in Syria which has claimed the lives of over 3,000 people, mostly civilians, since the political protests began last March.
As 2012 Polls Loom, Caution's the Word for Obama Foreign Policy
- Inter Press Service
U.S. presidents seeking a second term are not known for taking risks in foreign policy in election years.
OP-ED: A Long and Winding Road to the End for Gaddafi
- Inter Press Service
I came across an anti-Gaddafi demonstration for the first time in February 2011 in Baghdad’s Tahrir square. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali — Tunisia’s former ruler - had left the country a few weeks ago and then Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak would be ousted only a few days later. In the framework of the 'Arab spring', angry Iraqis were also protesting against their corrupt government and the lack of opportunities.
LIBYA: Muammar Gaddafi Killed as Sirte Falls
- Inter Press Service
Muammar Gaddafi has been killed after National Transitional Council fighters overran loyalist defences in Sirte, the toppled Libyan leader's hometown and final stronghold.
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