And as we saw in Tunisia and Egypt, the pace of internal change is now quickening.
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Much of the optimism in the wake of the events in Tunisia and Egypt is dissipating.
What shape the transition takes in Tunisia and Egypt, which will be holding elections soon, is uncertain.
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Organizers say they are inspired by the Arab Spring that led to the toppling of regimes in Tunisia and Egypt.
While the Libya situation is markedly different from recent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, Western officials worried that a victory for Col.
In Tunisia and Egypt, we are leading education reform and training journalists.
The uprising against Bashar al-Assad began amid the Arab Spring movement in the region that had toppled long-time leaders in Tunisia and Egypt.
In Tunisia and Egypt, it seems to amount to the right to be heard, or better still, the injustice of not being listened to.
The President commemorated the struggle and sacrifice of citizens throughout the region, and reaffirmed our strong support for the transitions to democracy now underway in Tunisia and Egypt.
It's commonplace to assume now that the overthrow of dictators in the Arab world is most likely to generate victories for Islamist parties, as it already has in Tunisia and Egypt.
It is worth noting that in the immediate aftermath of the events in Tunisia and Egypt, the Saudi and Kuwaiti ruling families gave out millions of dollars to their subjects for food.
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He was stung by criticism of France's ties to discredited regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, as well as his hosting of Colonel Qaddafi (plus tent) for a week in Paris in 2007.
Or, maybe the Treasury purchases of U.S. government securities in the U.S. market caused food prices in Tunisia and Egypt to rise directly, skipping over the United States, and the slap was a sideshow.
And following our agreement with our G8 partners in Deauville, the Chancellor and I discussed our support for political and economic reform across the Middle East and North Africa, especially in Tunisia and Egypt.
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The ousting of presidents in Tunisia and Egypt by social media-fueled revolutions clearly alarmed China's rulers, who rely on a sophisticated system of "networked authoritarianism" to control online debate and avoid a similar fate.
Mr. Annan's visit to Damascus marks a new international push for peace nearly a year after protesters took to the streets to demand Mr. Assad's ouster, inspired by Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.
He also downplayed claims that Turkey could be on the cusp of its own "Arab Spring" -- the series of popular uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East that led to political upheaval in Tunisia and Egypt, particularly.
Part of the reason may be the understandably high expectations of voters: unlike in Tunisia and Egypt, where Islamist movements were banned from the political process, in Morocco the monarchy has actively encouraged their participation over the past two decades.
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While the cause of the unemployed was sometimes cited by anti-regime demonstrators in Tunisia and Egypt, the two main themes expressed over and over again in signs and statements were corruption and the lack of accountability by the rulers to the ruled.
As we witnessed in the historic events in Tunisia and Egypt, new media tools can also help empower citizens exercise their freedoms of speech and association, yet these same 21st century tools can be used to filter, block, and restrict free expression.
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If someone had predicted six months ago that the self-immolation of a Tunisian merchant would lead to a domino effect of established Middle Eastern regimes collapsing in Tunisia and Egypt, and wobbling in Bahrain, Jordan, Syria and Yemen, we would have written him off as a conspiracy theorist.
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Rest assured that there are volumes of reports that have been read by this administration and past administrations about the potential for instability and unrest in Tunisia, in Egypt and throughout the world.
And even as we are focused on the urgent situation in Libya, let me just say that our efforts continue to address the events taking place elsewhere, including how the international community can most effectively support the peaceful transition to democracy in both Tunisia and in Egypt.
U.S. funding helps UNESCO to develop and sustain free and competitive media in Iraq, Tunisia and Egypt.
Second, as the "war on terror" unfolded, Islamists continued to fail in their decades-long pursuit to gain political office, and the widespread corruption and nepotism of regimes in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt sunk deeper, US support for Arab dictatorships also came into question.
Thomas Cook has struggled over the last couple of years with a slump in sales, triggered by the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa in 2011 that affected its extensive operations in Egypt and Tunisia.
Even though Algerian largely escaped the kind of large-scale shifts in government seen in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt, the government has witnessed an uptick in public criticism and a willingness to take the state to task.
Clinton cited the role economic development can play in assisting the political transitions in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, or securing the postwar peace in Afghanistan.
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