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Arab spring News : May 19, 2012

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Algerians Belittle Elections, but Not Enough to Protest
New York Times
ALGIERS — As Islamists rode the wave of the Arab Spring to power in Tunisia and Libya, it looked as if that same tide would lift religious parties in this much larger nation in North Africa, too. But the Arab Spring is not happening in Algeria,

New York Times
Reflections on an Arab Spring in peril
Al-Arabiya
This is the greatest revelation of the Arab spring – a youth enlightened beyond our best hopes. But some people won’t recognize a revolution even if it hits them in the face! The conspiracy theorists, pseudo intellectuals and plotters of the Arab World

Al-Arabiya
Ecclesiastes, Bush and the Arab Spring
San Antonio Express (blog)
But in an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal, he comments about theArab Spring uprisings — without criticizing or even mentioning the current occupant of the Oval Office: The idea that Arab peoples are somehow content with oppression has been

San Antonio Express (blog)
Live Chat with Francis Fukuyama About Arab Spring and OWS
Daily Beast
Join us and acclaimed political scientist Francis Fukuyama to discuss the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and his latest book, The Origins of Political Order, newly out in paperback. We’ll be chatting live 11:30 am EDT on Tuesday, May 22.
RapidSwitch helps international live streaming company bloom in Arab Spring
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
By RealWire News Distribution Livestation, the largest aggregator of live streaming television news, has credited the dedicated hosting it gets from RapidSwitch for helping it cope with a phenomenal growth in traffic during the Arab Spring.
Wishful thinking
Ahram Online
The G8 summit will meet in Camp David on 18-19 May to discuss world issues, including assistance to Arab Spring states one year after the Deauville summit in France put down a roadmap for providing support. The Deauville Plan did not amount to much in
EBRD backs €1 b fund for ‘Arab democracies’
Egyptian Gazette
After years concentrating mainly on investment in private-sector firms across the former Soviet bloc, the EBRD said it was extending its reach in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings. It is planning an initial investment equivalent to $1.28 billion in
From Democracy to Sharia
National Review Online
By Andrew C. McCarthy A few weeks ago, amid the “Arab Spring” giddiness, a Shiite mosque opened in Cairo. This was big news. Among Egypt’s 80 million people, there are only a few thousand Shiites. It’s a 90 percent Sunni country, with even Christians
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