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Having seized power in 1969, Libya's Moammar Khadafy is the doyen of Arab despots. Yet now he may face the same threat that toppled his personal friends (and fellow despots) in Tunisia and Egypt. The test will come tomorrow, when a coalition of opposition parties and personalities hopes to organize a "Day of Rage" against the maverick colonel's corrupt and repressive regime. The day marks the fifth anniversary of an uprising in the eastern cities of Benghazi, Al Bayda, Darna and Tobruk that was crushed by Khadafy's army with the help of a special unit sent by then-Tunisian President Zine...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2011 (Reuters) — The United States has created a Twitter account in Farsi to communicate with social media users in Iran as Iranian opposition websites renewed calls for a rally on Monday. "The U.S. State Department recognizes the historic role of social media among Iranians in the world now. We want to join in your conversations," the State Department said on Sunday in the initial tweet on its new USAdarFarsi Twitter account. The Twitter account is the latest channel the U.S. government has opened for relaying its message to Iranians. Voice of America broadcasts Farsi news and...

TEHRAN, Feb. 14, 2011 (Reuters) — Hundreds of Iranians marched toward a Tehran square on Monday in a banned rally supporting popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, but their way was blocked by police and security forces, witnesses said. The march was a test of strength for the reformist opposition, which has not taken to the streets since December 2009, when eight people were killed. But Iranian security forces were still unlikely to hesitate to use all means to stop any protest. Opposition leaders Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi took advantage of official Iranian backing for the huge Arab street...

The world has been watching Egypt for over a week, waiting with baited breath to see what the outcome of the Day of Rage would be. As Americans, a people so sentimentally attached to the idea of liberty, it is easy for us to get caught up in what appears to be the struggle of an oppressed people. Perhaps a little too easy. We cannot let our heartstrings pull us away from our own struggle. While the developments in Egypt and the rest of the Middle East will have lasting consequences for us all, there is really very little...

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IDF official: Neither Israel nor PA wants more conflict; police chief: This will not lead to third intifada.. After Hamas declared an official "day of rage" leading to clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces across Jerusalem on Tuesday, the violence seemed also to spread to other parts of the country. Assailants in the central Israeli city of Jaffa hurled rocks at two public buses, cracking the back window of one of them. Rocks were also thrown at a truck near Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev in the south and at two vehicles in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Dor. There were...

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(IsraelNN.com) The Arabs of Judea, Samaria and Gaza have commenced rioting, as called for by the Palestinian Authority in what was termed a "Day of Rage" against Israel's counterterrorism fence. PLO leader Yasser Arafat has called a press conference at this hour. The "Day of Rage" was called to coincide with the start of the international discussions on Israel's counterterror measures in the International Court of Justice in The Hague. IDF forces were on alert since this morning, in advance of possible attacks on the security fence or along the areas where the PA borders the rest of Israel. Widespread...