The Arab spring of 2011 has already changed the region and the world. Ordinary people have lost their fear and shattered the perception that their rulers are invincible.…
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(Photo: billaday / Flickr) Washington – As the Arab world continues to pitch and heave with flashes of popular uprisings here and sparks of brutal crackdowns…