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January 12, 2011

Failure of Governance in the Arab World

Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

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Protests in Tunisia and Algeria are part of a rising tide of popular dissatisfaction with illiberal, unreformed Arab rule.

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TAGGED: Algeria, Tunisia, Middle East, Africa

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