Ten days ago, two young Egyptian activists broke a communications blackout and called us from Cairo’s Liberation Square to launch an international campaign over the phone. Just minutes ago, after a 30 year dictatorship, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned.
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Egypt has been run by a dictator for 30 years. Six days ago, Egyptians said ‘enough’, and millions took to the streets. Over the weekend, as the government allowed phone calls for a few hours, two young pro-democracy activists started an online campaign which is taking off like wildfire. Show your support for Egyptian pro-democracy activists here!
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Unrest in northern Sinai has started to look like a spy thriller.
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Earlier today the Egyptian activists who launched an international solidarity campaign over the phone told us Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was about to resign. “We’re just ecstatic!” they said. In the end, the reality was quite different, and the revolution goes on…
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Study finds the vast majority of Middle Eastern Internet users to have graduate degrees.
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Reports and rumors abound that the US has decided to give up on the underground anti-tunnel smuggling wall after welders succeeded in breaching it and border restrictions were eased.
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Study finds Arab women online to have highly active social lives on the Internet.
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Study finds the social networking site to eclipse newspaper sales in the Middle East
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Egyptian Nobel Peace Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei overtakes Jordan’s Queen Rania as the most popular Arab leader on Facebook
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Researcher says many African and Latin American countries have better anti-corruption programs than the Middle East.
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