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Top 5 Mid-East governments at risk of toppling

The Egyptians weren't the first peoples in the Arab world to rise up against an oppressive government in 2011. Before that Facebook group was made, the people of Tunisia rose up against their (now former) presi...
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Swiss freeze Mubarak assets

Switzerland has frozen the assets of Hosni Mubarak, who resigned as president of Egypt on Friday after 30 years of rule. "I can confirm that Switzerland has frozen possible assets of the former Egyptian pres...
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Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak steps down

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak has resigned as president after 18 days of protests by the country's people, and 30 years as the country's ruler. The move was a surprise, as many thought Mubarak planned to step down y...
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BREAKING NEWS: Mubarak resigns

Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has resigned. The announcement came suddenly in a statement at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. The embattled president had left Cairo Friday after announcing Thursday night that h...
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Report: Mubarak leaves Cairo

As protests rage on in Egypt with an increasing level of anger over President Hosni Mubarak's Thursday broadcast, in which he announced he would not step down, a report surfaced Friday that Mubarak had left the...
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West is moving too slow on Egypt

Is Egypt ready for democracy? The question itself is insulting, and I'm not even Egyptian. The main concern? If Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak leaves immediately, and elections are held within two mont...
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Julian Assange granted bail in London

A British judge freed WikiLeaks founder and editor Julian Assange on bail Tuesday, setting strict conditions as the online information mogul fights extradition to Sweden on sex charges. Assange, a 39-year-ol...