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Morocco admits to police abuse, tarnishing model response to Arab Spring

By Ilhem Rachidi | 10/09/12

Morocco was lauded for its response to last year's democracy protests, but there have been regular accusations of abuse from detained protesters. Two weeks ago, the justice minister admitted it.

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Saudi Arabia and the counter-revolution

By Jennifer Koons | 06/11/12

With much of the Arab world in a do-or-die stampede toward greater democracy, Saudi Arabia is looking to consolidate the old way of doing things.

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Syrian uprising shifts toward suicide bombings. Al Qaeda's handiwork?

By Nicholas Blanford, Christian Science Monitor | 05/01/12

Twin suicide bombings Monday in the restive city of Idlib in northwest Syria left at least eight people dead.

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Tunisia debate turns personal: 'Pray more and turn down that Metallica'

By John Thorne, Christian Science Monitor | 04/20/12

How Tunisians handle the debate over religion – particularly in the writing of a new constitution now under way – could offer lessons for other Arab countries such as Egypt and Libya.

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In major reversal, Muslim Brotherhood will vie for Egypt's presidency

By Kristen Chick, Christian Science Monitor | 04/02/12

The Muslim Brotherhood has nominated its deputy leader as a candidate in Egypt’s presidential elections.

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Egypt's liberals walk out, leaving Islamists to write a constitution

By Kristen Chick, Christian Science Monitor | 03/29/12

A quarter of the 100-member constituent assembly did not attend the first session today, including about 20 mostly liberals and leftist figures who resigned from the body in protest.

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Syrian opposition cautiously welcomes UN cease-fire plan

By Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor | 03/28/12

Syria's divided opposition is cautiously welcoming envoy Kofi Annan's cease-fire plan, accepted by Syria's government today.

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Syria: Damascus firefight points to major escalation in conflict

By a Global Post Correspondent in Damascus | 03/22/12

Both the regime and the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) claimed as a victory the battle that eyewitnesses said began around 11 p.m. and lasted into the early hours Monday morning.

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Fierce fighting in Damascus signals rebels remain unbowed

By Nicholas Blanford, Christian Science Monitor | 03/20/12

Fierce fighting in the Syrian capital of Damascus today signals that that the year-old rebellion will persist despite recent tactical gains by the Syrian military.

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After Qaddafi, Libya's east tires of Tripoli too

By Steven Sotloff, Christian Science Monitor | 03/19/12

Eastern Libyans who chanted "no east, no west, Libya is one" during the revolution are backing a nascent eastern political movement that is moving to break away from Tripoli.