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From talks with the opposition to promises not to stay in power forever, Arab regimes are taking steps aimed at

The domino effect

Protests about lack of political rights, freedom of expression, corruption, unemployment high food prices have sprung up in several Arab…

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square and towns across Egypt on Tuesday, in

Getting stronger and stronger

Hundreds of thousands of protesters across Egypt in biggest show of defiance to Mubarak since revolt began.

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BOSTON -- Two of the most interesting things going on these days around the crisis in Egypt are happening outside

Arab leaders are trying pre-emptive measures to quell the spread of unrest. World leaders want the Egyptian military to solve the crisis. But it is hard to understand how the military can be the solution when the military has been the heart of the problem, says Rami G.…

Egypt's feared state security services are using torture as much as they ever did, rights activists say, with no sign that

Anger against abuse is a driving force behind the protests

Rights groups see no sign that regime's horrifying torture tactics will change despite…

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak came under fresh pressure Monday to step down immediately as opponents said

'It must continue'

Demonstrators, negotiating opposition parties, insist on demand that Mubarak must stand down.

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The number of Muslim Americans involved in terrorist acts dropped by more than half last year compared to 2009,

Low level Muslim violence compared with overall violence in US

Study: more non-Muslim Americans involved in terrorist plots last year than Muslim…

Egyptian protesters were massing Friday for sweeping "departure day" demonstrations to force President Hosni

Gigantic demonstrations set after Friday prayers

Mubarak says he fears chaos if he goes now, Egypt VP denies pro-government supporters killed…

The toppling of Ben Ali in Tunisia in the wake of mass protests and bloody street clashes is likely to signify a major

The solution in Tunisia, in Egypt, in the entire Middle East, and beyond, does not lie merely in aspirations for democracy. Hope can only spring from a fundamental re-evaluation of the entire structure of our civilization in its current form, says Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed 

transformation in…

The apparent sea change in the Arab world, given the popular revolt in Tunisia and ongoing rebellion in Egypt, could

Israel at stake

Experts warn sea change in Arab world could transform region in way not favorable to US.

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Gunfire aimed at anti-regime protesters killed four people in Tahrir Square early Thursday, taking the death toll from

Four anti-Mubarak protesters shot dead by gunfire coming from partisans’ positions in October Bridge.

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Tensions between supporters of embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and opposition protesters boiled over on

Brothers in sticks, knives and clubs

Pro, anti-Mubarak protesters clash on Tahrir Square despite army’s appeal for calm in Egyptian…