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Uprisings propelled by retribution, such as Iran's bloody Islamic revolution in 1979, tend not to know how to shut themselves down.
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Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, along with the dozens of emboldened protests they have inspired in countries across the region, have irrevocably altered those accepted truths.
Strategic Puzzle Shifts in Mideast Bill Spindle 2011
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Uprisings, whether in ancient or in modern Egypt, are not fulfilled by overthrowing pharaohs.
Rabbi Arthur Waskow: Revolutionary Egypt: From Red Sea Of Old To Tahrir Square Now Rabbi Arthur Waskow 2011
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Uprisings in the Middle East have placed the future of some of the U.S.'s closest strategic allies into question, and raised the specter that grass-roots anger at leaders perceived as corrupt and out-of-touch could be seized upon by Islamic radicals hoping to ride the anger to power.
Mideast Unrest Challenges U.S. Jay Solomon 2011
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Uprisings, whether in ancient or in modern Egypt, are not fulfilled by overthrowing pharaohs.
Rabbi Arthur Waskow: Revolutionary Egypt: From Red Sea Of Old To Tahrir Square Now Rabbi Arthur Waskow 2011
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Uprisings, whether in ancient or in modern Egypt, are not fulfilled by overthrowing pharaohs.
Rabbi Arthur Waskow: Revolutionary Egypt: From Red Sea Of Old To Tahrir Square Now Rabbi Arthur Waskow 2011
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Uprisings are sweeping across the continent's northern coast, already having toppled autocrats in Tunisia and Egypt.
Anne Goddard: Women's Ascendant Role in African Reform Anne Goddard 2011
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Uprisings, repression and civil warfare have triggered an exodus of people to European shores as well as other countries in the region.
In Easter Message, Pope Urges Diplomacy in Libya Associated Press 2011
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Uprisings are sweeping across the continent's northern coast, already having toppled autocrats in Tunisia and Egypt.
Anne Goddard: Women's Ascendant Role in African Reform Anne Goddard 2011
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Uprisings, whether in ancient or in modern Egypt, are not fulfilled by overthrowing pharaohs.
Rabbi Arthur Waskow: Revolutionary Egypt: From Red Sea Of Old To Tahrir Square Now Rabbi Arthur Waskow 2011
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