The convulsions of the Arab Spring find new life as Yemen, Syria and Egypt struggle to transition to new forms of government.
- Syria
Clashes Reported Even as Syria Urges Local Voting
- Egypt
Egypt’s Military Retracts Plan to Extend Influence Over Constitution
- Libya
Qaddafi Death a Potential Crime
- Yemen
Opposition Leader to Be Sworn in Saturday
- Syria
Clashes Reported Even as Syria Urges Local Voting
- Egypt
Egypt’s Military Retracts Plan to Extend Influence Over Constitution
- Libya
Qaddafi Death a Potential Crime
- Yemen
Opposition Leader to Be Sworn in Saturday
Syria
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Clashes Reported Even as Syria Urges Local Voting
UPDATED DEC. 12 The Syrian government called Monday for voters to turn out for local elections it portrayed as good-faith reform efforts, but activists said that most citizens, observing a second day of a general strike, rejected the polls as irrelevant. Opposition groups reported at least 18 deaths in clashes between security forces and army defectors in several regions.
ABOUT Syria
IN POWER
Bashar al-Assad
TOOK POWER IN
2000
Egypt
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Egypt’s Military Retracts Plan to Extend Influence Over Constitution
UPDATED DEC. 9 Egypt’s military rulers on Friday night appeared to withdraw a plan for extending their influence over the writing of a new constitution, evidently bowing to a chorus of criticism just days after the proposal was unveiled. The withdrawal leaves the task of selecting a panel that will write a constitution in the hands of a newly elected Parliament expected to be dominated by Islamists.
ABOUT Egypt
DEPOSED
President Hosni Mubarak
TOOK POWER IN
1981
Unemployment: 8.9% Unemployment < 25 Yrs.: 49.3%
Libya
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Qaddafi Death a Potential Crime
UPDATED DEC. 15 The death of the former Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, who was captured and killed by rebels in October, may have been a war crime, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Thursday. The chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, said he thought that “the way in which Mr. Qaddafi was killed creates suspicions” of a war crime. Under pressure from Western allies, Libya’s interim government has promised to investigate the former leader’s death.
ABOUT Libya
DEPOSED
Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi
TOOK POWER IN
1969
Unemployment: 10-14%
Yemen
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Opposition Leader to Be Sworn in Saturday
UPDATED DEC. 7 Under a power-transfer plan signed last month, the General People’s Congress party of President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to divide cabinet posts with its opponents in a coalition government led by an opposition leader, Mohammed Basindwa, a former foreign minister. Mr. Basindwa said he would be sworn in Dec. 10. Presidential elections are set for Feb. 21.
ABOUT Yemen
IN POWER
President Ali Abdullah Saleh
TOOK POWER IN
1990
Unemployment: 10 - 14%
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