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Jun 17, 2011Source: House Oversight Committee
from Libya to Syria and is widely seen as the biggest transformative event of the 21st century so far. But, six months on, progress has been patchy. Mohammed Bouazizi, the young Tunisian who started it all by burning himself to death in December 2010, had his desperate imitators in Egypt, where revolution erupted d
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uchi, three years after the revolution Lally Weymouth December 12 -- The Arab Spring began in Tunisia on Dec. 17, 2010, when a fruit vendor named Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire , sparking a revolt that spread across the Arab world. Beginning with Tunisia's Zine el- Abidine Ben Ali, dictators fell from po
EFTA00713321.pdf
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untries, especially not Egypt and Tunisia. Crony capitalism blocked opportunities for members of the middle class. As Leila Bouazizi, the sister of Mohammed Bouazizi, the Tunisian fruit vendor whose December 2010 self-immolation triggered the Arab Spring, commented, "Those with no connections and no money for bri
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LocationCountry in North Africa
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PersonPresident of Syria from 2000 to 2024
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PersonPresident of the United States from 2009 to 2017
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Person2nd and 4th President of Russia (2000-2008, 2012-present), 7th and 11th Prime Minister of Russia (1999-2000, 2008-2012), Director of the Federal Security Service (1998-1999) and Deputy Mayor of Saint Petersburg (1994-1996)
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PersonPresident of Turkey since 2014
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Ronald Reagan
PersonPresident of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
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Hosni Mubarak
PersonPresident of Egypt from 1981 to 2011
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LocationCountry in West Asia
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LocationCountry in the Persian Gulf
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OrganizationSalafi jihadist organization founded in 1988
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LocationCapital and largest city of Saudi Arabia
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PersonBusinessman and co-founder of Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington D.C.
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the Strait of Hormuz
LocationStrait of Hormuz, body of water in the Persian Gulf
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Marc Rich
PersonAmerican commodities trader (1934–2013)
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the Persian Gulf
LocationBody of water between Iran and Arabian Peninsula
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Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
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Michael Cohen
PersonAmerican former attorney and former Republican official
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Kuwait
LocationSovereign state in Western Asia
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