Democracy stirs in the Arab world
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Upcoming elections in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinian Authority are initial steps on still rocky paths to democracy.
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Even with widespread violence in Iraq, voters there showed a passion for democracy by apparently turning out in numbers comparable to a typical election in the United States.
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Forty years after Israel's stunning victory over three Arab armies, the defeat still lingers in the Arab world &#151; so much so, some blame it for everything from a lack of democracy in the region to the rise of religious extremism.
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The elections in Iraq will set an example of democracy for the rest of the Middle East, President Bush said Friday.
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Powerful signal of international and Arab support for independent state at donor conference
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Egypt was meant to be a test case for President Bush's push for greater democracy in the Middle East. But stalled reforms and bitterness over the jailing of hundreds of dissidents are haunting his visit here Wednesday.
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Polling stations opened in Tunisia on  Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections boycotted by  several opposition parties and seen as test to the U.S.  administration's drive to boost democracy in the Middle East.
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With civil wars looming over the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has taken on a more aggressive role in reshaping the regionâs conflicts.
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In the fight over ports, President Bush finds a position the Arab world can embrace.
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At the United Nations lectern this week, President Bush hailed the spread of democracy. "From Beirut to Baghdad," he said, "people are making the choice for freedom." Yet even as he spoke, tanks were rolling through the streets of Bangkok as a military coup toppled the elected leader of Thailand,...
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Senior Arab officials attending a U.S.-sponsored conference in the Middle East rejected the Bush administration's assertion that greater democracy would help end terrorism, arguing that the administration's strong support of Israel made it difficult to undertake political reforms or halt extremists driven by hatred of U.S. policies.
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Hundreds of thousands of Shiites thronged a Baghdad slum Friday to show support for Hezbollah as Arab anger toward Israel mounted on the Muslim holy day. Such protests have even reached Saudi Arabia, where public discontent is rare.
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U.S.-funded programs stand at the heart of the American effort to make Iraq a model of democracy in the Arab world, but leading up to the country's upcoming elections, the overriding concern is security.
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Focusing on the Middle East, he will stress spreading and strengthening democracy. But will world leaders listen?
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Middle East. But the results have been patchy, with many in the Arab world regarding it as a. and social reforms in the Middle East and Africa.
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Over the past year, the George W. Bush administration has prepared a comprehensive political and economic reform initiative aimed at promoting democracy in the Middle East.
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Freed from Yasser Arafat's one-man rule, Palestinians say they are eager and able to build the first real democracy in the Arab world, despite the dangers lurking on the road to Jan. 9 elections.