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Cairo-based reporter for Foreign Policy and Time magazines, and author of Liberation Square: Inside the Egyptian Revolution and the Rebirth of a Nation; former Jerusalem correspondent for the Los Angeles Times
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Ashraf Khalil
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Growing Turmoil in Egypt Violence has erupted again in Egypt, where supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi are demonstrating against the government that ousted him in July.
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Are Revolutions Transforming the Middle East? Since dictators were deposed by "people power" in Tunisia and Egypt, there's been talk of an "Arab Spring" that would finally bring an end to authoritarianism in the Middle East and even a flowering of democracy. But in Egypt today, street protests, strikes and sit-ins were criminalized by Hosni Mubarak's military successors.
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Are Revolutions Transforming the Middle East? Since the so-called "Arab Spring" began in Tunisia, there's been violence in that country. Today, Egypt's new military leaders formally criminalized protests. In Yemen, Bahrain, Syria and Libya, there's no telling what kinds of changes domestic upheaval will bring. Iran and Saudi Arabia may not see changes at all.
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Gaza Offensive Continues While Officials Reportedly Consider Truce After four days of air strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials are reportedly considering a temporary truce to give Hamas militants an opening to stop firing rockets on Israel. But earlier today Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Knesset that Israel would wage "an all-out war against Hamas and its kind." Ashraf…
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Gaza Offensive Continues While Officials Reportedly Consider Truce After four days of air strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials are reportedly considering a temporary truce to give Hamas militants an opening to stop firing rockets on Israel. But earlier today Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Knesset that Israel would wage "an all-out war against Hamas and its kind."
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