Analysis takes a look at Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip democracy developments over the last year
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Libyan Peace Talks Suspended as Violence Spreads
If these peace talks do take place it will be up to the two sides to come to an agreement that will be beneficial for the Libyan people and to restore a civil society where people could live peacefully in their historically troubled country.
Saudi-Swede Relations Turn Sour Over Human Rights
Expelling of ambassador marks the latest low point for Saudi-Swede relations amid human right spat
Selma Organizer Refuses to March With George Bush
Diane Nash, civil rights activist and Selma organizer who led the original march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge was scheduled to march on Saturday, March 7th but refused at the last minute when she saw George W. Bush was to help lead the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday
Preparing For Successor to Ailing Iranian Supreme Leader
Succession rumours fly as Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei treated for prostate cancer
New Age Repression of World’s Political Cartoonists
Violence in Europe and state repression in South America leave political cartoonists in new dangers
On the Success of Oman’s Arab Spring
Slow reform following protest during Oman’s Arab Spring reveals path toward real democratic change
Top Mubarak Allies Receive Egyptian Corruption Pardons
Days after protesters sentenced to prison terms, fallen rulers get Egyptian corruption pardons
Jailing Another Liberal Activist, Egyptian Crackdown Worsens
Leader of the 2011 Arab Spring revolution, Alaa Abdel-Fattah jailed as Egyptian crackdown worsens
Iraq Lessons Lead to Delaying US Afghan Withdrawal
U.S Defense Secretary Ash Carter hinted at during a recent visit to Kabul on Saturday that the United States is open to changing its official plan of withdrawal from Afghanistan scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016