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Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
ReutersTUNIS (Reuters) - For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities. The...Tags: North Africa, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Al-Qaeda, Wars and Interventions
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ANALYSIS-Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
Reuters* Moderate Islamist-led government cracks down on Salafists * Rupture raises risk of fuelling armed radicals in N.Africa * Main Salafist group rejects state, shuns elections * Secular Tunisians fear for freedom, stability By Tarek Amara TUNIS, May 23...Tags: North Africa, Politics, Religion and Belief, Career and Workplace, Al-Qaeda
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Swiss seek to facilitate restitution of dictator loot
ReutersZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland proposed on Wednesday a new law to make it easier to freeze assets stolen and salted away by foreign leaders and return them to their countries of origin. The draft law would allow Switzerland to freeze the assets of so-...Tags: Tunisia, Swiss Confederation, Theft, Nigeria, Egypt
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Young faces enliven Kuwait's faded art scene
ReutersKUWAIT (Reuters) - After two lackluster decades, Kuwait is experiencing a quiet revival of an arts scene once known as the most avant garde in the Gulf, thanks to a new generation eager to tackle sensitive issues using cutting-edge art forms. The artists...Tags: Kuwait, Museums, Artists, Photography Supplies and Services, Saudi Arabia
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FEATURE-Young faces enliven Kuwait's faded art scene
Reuters* Kuwait was cultural hub before 1990 invasion * Art has suffered in past 20 years * Young artists exploring sensitive topics By Sylvia Westall KUWAIT, May 22 (Reuters) - After two lacklustre decades, Kuwait is experiencing a quiet revival of an...Tags: Kuwait, Artists, Museums, Photography Supplies and Services, Saudi Arabia
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Intelligence Committee chairman weighs leaving House and bipartisan role to seek Senate seat
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the chairman...Tags: North Korea, Dianne Feinstein, Human Rights, Gary Peters, Crime, Law and Justice
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Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the...
Tags: Dianne Feinstein, North Korea, Human Rights, Gary Peters, Crime, Law and Justice
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Officials say more evidence being gathered as Benghazi suspects remain under surveillance
AP Intelligence WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to...Tags: Susan Rice, Crime, Law and Justice, Al-Qaeda, War Crimes, Washington, DC
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Tweeting with the enemy? US diplomat uses social media to engage Cuban critics of Washington
Associated PressHAVANA (AP) — The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well. Dozens of young bloggers and tweeters gathered to talk about their place in a socialist society whose leaders...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Havana (Cuba), Cuba, Raul Castro, Social Media
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Qatar: Arab Spring makes Israeli-Palestinian peace more pressing
ReutersDOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's emir, who has thrown his state's riches behind Arab uprisings, said on Monday that the emergence of 'people power' had put Arabs in direct confrontation with Israel and made a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more...Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Central Intelligence Agency, Qatar, Israel
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Jordan premier: Arab Spring forces governments to widen press freedoms; local critics unmoved
Associated PressAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The Arab Spring uprisings that toppled four Arab leaders have forced Mideast governments to allow more freedom of expression and of the press, Jordan's prime minister said Monday, but critics charged that Jordan itself is not...Tags: Politics, Journalism, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Laws
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Heavy Tunisian security crackdown blocks hardline Muslim rally, 1 dead in clashes
Associated PressKAIROUAN, Tunisia (AP) — Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes...Tags: Tunisia, Revolutions, Religion and Belief, Islam, U.S. Embassy
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