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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: Islam, Feminism, Religion and Belief, Religious Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Religion and Belief, Religious Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Tunisia, Justice and Rights
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Swiss seek to facilitate restitution of dictator loot
Reuters* Draft law first of its kind - Swiss Foreign Ministry * Swiss blocked $1 billion of Arab Spring loot ZURICH, May 22 (Reuters) - Switzerland proposed on Wednesday a new law to make it easier to freeze assets stolen and salted away by foreign leaders and...Tags: Theft, Nigeria, Swiss Confederation, Crime, Law and Justice, Zurich (Swiss Confederation)
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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: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Police Investigations, Human Rights, Gary Peters
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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: Photography and Video, Arts, Kuwait, Museums, Fine Artists
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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: Photography and Video, Arts, Kuwait, Museums, Fine Artists
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Revolution Turns MBC2 Viewers Off Movies to Reality
VarietyTen years after its launch as the first 24-hour free-to-air movie channel in the Arab world, Dubai-based private satcaster MBC2 has become Hollywood's strongest bridge to the Middle East and an interesting indicator of the Arab Spring's impact on TV in...Tags: New Products, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Egypt, Entertainment, Television
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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: Doha (Qatar), Central Intelligence Agency, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights, Government
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Tunisian Islamist protester killed in clash with police
ReutersTUNIS (Reuters) - One protester died and several were injured when Tunisian Islamists defied a ban on their demonstration and clashed with police on Sunday. The 27-year-old man was killed in the violence in the capital Tunis which continued into the...Tags: Prosecution, Al-Qaeda, Feminism, Religion and Belief, Religious Conflicts
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RPT-Danger and separation from families changing job of U.S. diplomats
Reuters(Repeats with no change in content) * Ambassador to Yemen faces death threats * More than 1,000 U.S. diplomats at "unaccompanied" posts * Like troops, diplomats can face post-traumatic stress By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - When...Tags: Mexico, Interior Policy, Libya, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Pakistan
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Thai Spring launches online campaign against PM Yingluck
The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand / Asia News NetworkBANGKOK (The Nation/ANN) -- The speech Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivered in the Mongolian capital recently has sparked widespread discussions nationwide. Many have been asking if it is appropriate for the prime minister to cite domestic...Tags: Germany, Politics, Government, Yingluck Shinawatra
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Arab media defenders forum opens on Saturday
Jordan Times, AmmanThe second annual "Forum for Media Freedom Defenders in the Arab World" opens on Saturday, with the participation of more than 100 journalists, bloggers, legal experts, parliamentarians, judges and human rights activists, according to organisers....Tags: Culture, Social Sciences, Human Rights, Journalism, Politics
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