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Algeria stays relatively calm as neighbours revolt
Even as North African neighbors have smoldered, the oil-producing giant Algeria has kept a sullen calm in the wake of a stifled protest march here last week, with the regional upheaval, for now, not catching on.Police officers deployed widely in the whitewashed streets to tamp down an antigovernment rally on Feb. 12, and they are expected to ...
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Cellphones become the world's eyes and ears on Middle East protests
For some of the protesters facing Bahrain's heavily armed security forces in and around Pearl Square in Manama, the most powerful weapon against shotguns and tear gas has been the tiny camera inside their cellphones.By uploading images of this week's violence in Manama, the capital, to Web sites like YouTube and yFrog, and then sharing them on Face...
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Battlelines harden across the Mideast as rulers dig in
Security forces and government supporters employed an escalating panoply of violent force - from tear gas and batons to shotguns and grenades - in pitched street battles with anti-government protesters in Libya, Bahrain and Yemen on Friday.The clashes followed a week of deepening unrest as protesters, emboldened by the toppling of forme...
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Algeria stays relatively calm as neighbours revolt
Even as North African neighbors have smoldered, the oil-producing giant Algeria has kept a sullen calm in the wake of a stifled protest march here last week, with the regional upheaval, for now, not catching on.Police officers deployed widely in the whitewashed streets to tamp down an antigovernment rally on Feb. 12, and they are expected to ...
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Cellphones become the world's eyes and ears on Middle East protests
For some of the protesters facing Bahrain's heavily armed security forces in and around Pearl Square in Manama, the most powerful weapon against shotguns and tear gas has been the tiny camera inside their cellphones.By uploading images of this week's violence in Manama, the capital, to Web sites like YouTube and yFrog, and then sharing them on Face...
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Battlelines harden across the Mideast as rulers dig in
Security forces and government supporters employed an escalating panoply of violent force - from tear gas and batons to shotguns and grenades - in pitched street battles with anti-government protesters in Libya, Bahrain and Yemen on Friday.The clashes followed a week of deepening unrest as protesters, emboldened by the toppling of forme...
