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Tunisia says killer of opposition leader identified, but at large
Tunisian officials believe they now know who killed opposition leader Chokri Belaid, after four other suspects were arrested in connection with his slaying, news agencies reported Tuesday. The assassination of Belaid triggered massive protests in...
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Two killed as Tunisia protest against film spirals into violence
World NowTwo protesters were killed Friday after a massive protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Tunis turned violent, devolving into chaos after protesters scaled an embassy wall and set off a huge explosion with a Molotov cocktail.... -
Calls to protest movie mocking Muhammad spread to Algeria, Iran
World NowThe day after outraged Egyptians scaled the walls of the American Embassy and Libyan militants attacked and burned a U.S. consulate, protests and denunciations against an amateur movie mocking the Islamic prophet spread across the region, spurring... -
Obama Confronts Iran, Syria in U.N. Address
CNNUnited Nations -- Embroiled in his campaign for re-election, President Barack Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday in a sweeping speech meant to honor slain Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, confront Iran and Syria, and...Tags: International Organizations, Politics, Nuclear Power, Iran, Sean Penn
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The year that wasn't
A year ago, soon after the Tunisian uprising, I demonstrated my powers of prediction in a column about the democracy movement in the Arab world. The revolution in Tunisia, I wrote, "arose from local circumstances that don't foretell what will happen...Tags: Ron Paul, Regional Authority, Michele Bachmann, Politics, Tea Party Movement
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A look inside the Egyptian revolution
Wael Ghonim is an unlikely rebel. Born in Egypt in 1980, he began working his first Web job while studying at Cairo University, then moved to the U.S. (where he married an American) and eventually became Google's top marketing representative for the...Tags: Social Media, Revolutions, Cairo (Egypt), Entertainment Events, Facebook
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Around Town: Films, screenings and more in L.A. this week
24 FramesWith Gary Oldman getting strong reviews and Oscar buzz for his performance as spy George Smiley in “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”, the Arclight in Hollywood is offering a six-film retrospective of the British actor’s career beginning... -
Local Tunisian Film Festival launches this week
L.A. NOWIt has been a year since revolution in Tunisia led to the fall of the country's autocratic regime. The uprising, which led to democratic elections, set off similar revolutions in other Arab countries and may even have helped inspire the...... -
Video said to show jobless Moroccans setting themselves on fire
World NowGraphic amateur video footage said to show unemployed young Moroccans setting themselves on fire in the capital Rabat surfaced this week during widespread demonstrations over lack of opportunity in the North African nation.... -
How teenagers with a can of paint sparked Syria's uprising
World NowIt started with some teenagers and a can of paint. “The people want to bring down the regime,” the students wrote on a wall In the southern Syrian farming town of Dara.... -
Change agents: Slam poets take life by the throat
Robert Frost once declared "poetry is a way of taking life by the throat."
With apologies to Mr. Frost, Bryan Baquirian was determined to seize by the neck the 25 or so people gathered Friday at the CityArts Factory in downtown Orlando and shake them...Tags: Adolf Hitler, Juvenile Delinquency, Family, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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TUNISIA: Provocative advertising campaign stirs the pot in foreign capitals
Babylon & BeyondDuring Tunisia's popular uprising, which led to the ouster of President Zine el Abidine ben Ali in January, tourists deserted the country en masse. Advertising agencies are now trying to attract tourists and sunbathers back to Tunisia's beaches and Roman....
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