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2011 "Year of the Tyrant," 2012 ominous for Syria, Iraq

It all began with a slap and a slur hurled at a poor vegetable seller by a policewoman in a provincial Tunisian city. Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in a protest that ignited a chain of fires across the Arab world.

 

Iraqis to vote in al Qaeda's last stronghold

Iraqis to vote in al Qaeda's last stronghold

An election in two days in Iraq's most violent province, where al Qaeda and other insurgents are making a last stand, could bring Sunni Arabs back into power and ease resentment that has fueled the bloodshed.

 

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