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Arab Spring, American summer: Foreign students visit Michiana, tell their stories
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- Menna, 20, paid no attention to politics until the Egyptian revolution started on Jan. 25, 2011. "We never imagined the president would be overthrown," said the young medical student, who lives in Sohag, a city about 240 miles from Cairo,...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Wars and Interventions, Justice and Rights, Muammar Gaddafi, Egypt
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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: National Government, Algeria, Government, Islam, Wars and Interventions
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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: Algeria, Government, Wars and Interventions, Career and Workplace, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Iran's rulers risk alienating voters by candidate bans
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers may have sought to remove any challenge to their grip by barring two vivid contenders from next month's presidential election, but they risk alienating voters already disillusioned by the violent aftermath of the...Tags: Islam, Polls, Iran's Nuclear Program, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Presidential Election (2009)
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Egypt tourist arrivals rise, not back to pre-revolt levels
ReutersCAIRO (Reuters) - The number of tourists visiting Egypt rose in the first four months of 2012, the cabinet said on Tuesday, but analysts say the sector is still suffering from the aftermath of the country's 2011 uprising. The revolt that ousted President...Tags: Easter, Egypt, Political Dissent, Hosni Mubarak
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Mock Revolutionary Battle In Wethersfield To Bring History To Life
The Hartford Courant— The British are coming to Old Wethersfield. The Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum will host its fifth annual Revolutionary War encampment Saturday featuring a mock battle between the Fifth Connecticut Regiment and a redcoat raiding party. Commanding...Tags: Wethersfield, Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut), Military Equipment, Memorial Day, Arts and Culture
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Reliving The Revolution On Horseback
The Hartford CourantSometimes David Loda feels like a time traveler. The Bolton resident has been engaging in historic reenactments since 2004 and says that the experience of recreating the past can be awe inspiring. "I will never forget the first time I ever visited...Tags: Wethersfield, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mount Vernon, U.S. Army
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From four Iranians, four views of the coming election
TEHRAN -- Elections are scheduled in Iran for June 14, the first presidential balloting since the disputed 2009 vote. Iran’s Guardian Council, an oversight body, is expected to release the list of vetted candidates this week. The Times sought out...
Tags: Islam, Books, Breads, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Freedom of the Press
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Qatar: Arab Spring makes Israeli-Palestinian peace more pressing
Reuters* Emir of Qatar calls for Palestinian state within 1967 borders * Sheikh Hamad says Qatari backing for Arab Spring was important * With little democracy at home, Sheikh says reform must be gradual By Regan Doherty DOHA, May 20 (Reuters) - Qatar's...Tags: Government, Heads of State, Wars and Interventions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: U.S. Embassy, Wars and Interventions, Islam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arab Spring
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Wethersfield Memorial Parade Offers Both Celebration, Solemnity
The town is gearing up to honor veterans from the Afghanistan conflict to the Revolutionary War at the upcoming Memorial Day parade. This year's parade will step off at 9 a.m. on May 25 from the state Department of Motor Vehicle parking lot on State...
Tags: Wethersfield, Government, Wars and Interventions, Executive Branch, American Legion
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Morale hits a new low on Egypt stock market
CAIRO — His phone doesn't ring and his charts are gloomy. But every day Mostafa Ismail, a financial broker with a hangman's demeanor, steps into the Egyptian stock exchange hoping for positive blips. They are rare in a nation where revolution...
Tags: International Monetary Fund, Islam, Credit Ratings, Economy, Business and Finance, Stock Market
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