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died after he self-immolated in protest against unemployment.
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to be fired, a planned port named for ex-President of
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753:. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 12 February 2011.
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New protests arose at
Baghdad and Basra against the
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783:. 12 February 2011. Archived from
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951:"Tensions flare in Iraq rallies"
810:. Reuters Africa. Archived from
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2696:November 1963 Iraqi coup d'état
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719:Sly, Liz (12 February 2011).
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1764:Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
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1548:Revolutionary Socialists
1543:National Salvation Front
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152:2011 Egyptian revolution
146:came in the wake of the
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2768:Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
2345:International reactions
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2029:Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
1909:Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
1799:Mohamed Hussein Tantawy
1643:Syrian National Council
1593:Women to drive movement
163:intervention in Bahrain
2876:Arab Spring by country
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1984:Muhammad Naji al-Otari
1583:February 25th Movement
1513:April 6 Youth Movement
486:' sermons calling for
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2096:Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
2076:United Arab Emirates:
1884:Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
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1824:Khaled Mohamed Saeed
1749:Abdelaziz Bouteflika
1295:17 June 2011 at the
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2686:1959 Mosul uprising
2644:1943 Barzani revolt
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2044:Rashid al-Ghannushi
1999:Wael Nader al-Halqi
1889:Mustafa Abdul-Jelil
1779:Ali Jawad al-Sheikh
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1289:Hürriyet Daily News
1042:The Washington Post
988:on 27 February 2011
725:The Washington Post
574:. 22 January 2012.
475:refers to riots by
461:political prisoners
148:Tunisian revolution
144:2011 Iraqi protests
28:2011 Iraqi protests
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2402:Domestic reactions
2091:Ali Abdullah Saleh
2034:Mohamed Ghannouchi
1523:Muslim Brotherhood
955:Al Jazeera English
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326:deadliest protests
309:Muntadhar al-Zaidi
289:عبد العزيز الكبيسي
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608:. Baghdad.
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303:24 February
275:23 February
233:12 February
35:Arab Spring
2850:Categories
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1774:Ali Salman
1434:Mauritania
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558:References
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222:Green Zone
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99:in Bahrain
82:Corruption
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177:Kurdish
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