Fury is spreading. But the mobs ignore the real culprit behind broken economies. by Niall FergusonJuly 11, 2011 Yiorgos Karahalis / Reuters-LandovRiot police at a protest against austerity measures in Athens on June 28, 2011. This is the age of indignation. Politics in the Western world are becoming more emotional—because our problems are so intractable. […]
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JULY 2, 2011 Twenty-Four Reported Dead in Broad Rallies as Lawlessness Is Said to Undercut Regime’s Legitimacy Associated Press An image captured by cellphone and transmitted by a group that tracks Syria news shows protesters in the northern Kfar Nebel village on Friday demanding the exit of Assad. DAMASCUS—Demonstrators across Syria pressed their demands for
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FORBES by Steve Forbes Fact and Comment For Whom The Greek Bell Tolls 07.18.11 Given its rich mercantile heritage in the Mediterranean, Greece should be the Hong Kong/Singapore/ Switzerland of the Balkans. Its emigrants and their descendants have been huge business successes in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Canada and elsewhere. Yet Greece is bankrupt,
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JUNE 30, 2011 Worst Violence Since Mubarak’s Ouster Leaves 1,000 Injured, Raises Doubts Over Pre-Election Security By MATT BRADLEY ReutersSmoke billows from a burning police booth as protesters clashed in front of interior ministry headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday. CAIRO—The Egyptian military intervened Wednesday afternoon to quell the biggest riots since the country’s former president
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JUNE 13, 2011 The mask of the Assad regime finally falls, and the world is forced to confront its illusions about Iran’s ally and Hezbollah’s patron. By FOUAD AJAMI Pity the Syrians as they face the Assad regime’s tanks and artillery and snipers. Unlike in Libya, there is no Arab or international “mandate” to protect
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Sandstorms Barack Obama and the Great Arab Revolt. Reuel Marc Gerecht May 9, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 32 We may never know whether the conjecture of the historian Fouad Ajami is correct: that President Barack Obama sought the approval of the Arab League for the air war against Muammar
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Monday, May 09 2011 5-Day Forecast Mobs set fire to two churches in sectarian clashes that kill 12 in Cairo – after rumors that a Christian woman married a Muslim By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:44 PM on 8th May 2011 Muslim mobs set two churches on fire in Cairo during sectarian clashes
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New labor plan: Nationwide protests By: Ben Smith April 21, 2011 02:31 PM EDT In a major strategic shift, the Service Employees International Union plans to use its giant political operation to try to build a grass-roots movement of public protest and organization similar to the massive show of pro-labor support that overran Madison, Wis.
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APRIL 26, 2011 Arab peoples aren’t obsessed with anti-Americanism and anti-Zionism. It’s their rulers who are. By JOSEF JOFFE Mr. Joffe is senior fellow at the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies and a fellow at the Hoover Institution, both at Stanford. In politics, shoddy theories never die. In the Middle East, one of the oldest
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APRIL 25, 2011 It is unlikely that the Gadhafis and Mubaraks could have entertained thoughts of succession for their sons had they not seen the ease with which Syria became an odd creature—a republican monarchy. By FOUAD AJAMI Mr. Ajami is a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a senior
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