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Turkey pressures Syria to end crackdown

Pressure on the Syrian regime and its violent crackdown on dissent stepped up a notch as Turkey’s foreign minister arrives in Damascus for talks.

Libya’s road to democracy

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The Challenges Facing Libya’s New Leadership After Gaddafi

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The Future of the Arab Spring

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Imagining Libya If Rebellion Fails

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After Day of Bloody Protest, Gadhafi Firm on Staying

Yesterday was among the deadliest days of protest in Libya, with Al Jazeera reporting there may have been more than two hundred deaths on Monday alone. Government forces and militiamen beseiged the capitol, dropping small bombs from planes and firing live rounds at protestors. Early Tuesday morning, Libya’s state television showed Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi, […]

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