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e leaving the movement to devote themselves to helping the Egyptian people understand the workings of democracy and the notion of civic duty. As in Tunisia, an unpredictable future, a deteriorating economy, and a rising crime rate are leading to a general feeling of insecurity in Egypt. In the preparati
ts, demonstrators marched on the streets of the city calling for the downfall of President Assad's regime. Tensions also remain high in the city of Daraa as the military siege continues. On Sunday morning, Syrian security forces, with reinforcements, managed to reach the old quarter of the city and oc
ase, certainly not among the younger generation. In most cases, they are completely out of touch with the new realities around them that started in Tunisia and Egypt and are now spreading throughout the rest of North Africa and the Middle East. Arab backing for Assad is still strong, with the Syrian l
ential adviser Bouthaina Shaaban gave a press conference at 6 pm on Thursday evening, in response to violent demonstrations in the southern town of Daraa near the border with Jordan. President Bashar al-Assad, she stressed, had given strict orders not to fire at demonstrators with live ammunition - a
--- Article 2. Le Monde diplomatique Is This the End of the Assad Dynasty? Patrick Seale 2011-05-06 -- The disturbances started in mid-March in Daraa, a southern city on the border with Jordan, when a dozen children were manhandled, arrested and carried off to Damascus for scribbling hostile graffi
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024962 →oreign crises that seemed so much out of its control. At first, Hillary looked clairvoyant: in January, when the street protests were still small in Tunisia, she lectured decrepit dictatorial HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024975 --- PAGE BREAK --- [9 regimes at a conference in Qatar that “the region’s foundations a
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024976 →e an obstacle to their ambitions. But nature abhors a vacuum, and what will come will be unpredictable, at best. The protests started in mid-March in Daraa, in southern Syria, a city that has suffered from drought and neglect by the government in Damascus. The heavy hand of the ruling Baath party was par
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030031 →en no successful terrorist attack on U.S. soil. President Barack Obama and his colleagues have, thus far, skillfully handled the popular eruptions in Tunisia and Egypt - though those crises are far from over. They strengthened sanctions against Iran regarding its nuclear weapons program; reset U.S.-Russia
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030037 →Entities connected to both Tunisia and Daraa

Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
Lebanon
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Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
George W. Bush
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Damascus
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Yemen
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Cairo
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Tehran
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Bill Clinton
PERSON
Benjamin Netanyahu
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Marc Rich
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Morocco
LOCATION
Middle East
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Saddam Hussein
PERSON
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
Hillary Clinton
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Fatah
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Bahrain
LOCATION