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Detained: My story of interrogation by the Egyptian military
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Dec 16, 2011
Freelance reporter Julia Simon describes her 12-hour detention in Egypt while reporting a story for Marketplace.
How did Time's Person of the Year use social media?
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Dec 15, 2011
How Facebook, Twitter, and other outlets shaped The Protester.
In midst of protests, Russian billionaire announces bid for presidency
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Dec 13, 2011
Russian citizens have been protesting against corruption in their country. Now, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is running against Vladimir Putin in the upcoming elections.
Food fuels Egypt's revolution
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Jan 23, 2012
Egyptians hope new democracy will begat a new era, as Egypt struggles to feed its 85 million people.
How China is feeling the euro debt crisis
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Dec 9, 2011
The crisis in Europe has hurt worldwide demand for goods, and workers in China are protesting against the lost wages that come with decreased output
Massive protest planned in Russia
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Jan 11, 2012
The biggest anti-Kremlin demonstration in recent Russian history is planned for tomorrow. It follows smaller protests all this week, after Russian elections delivered a victory to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ruling political party
Egyptian economy still chugging along amid protests
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Nov 28, 2011
Egyptians began voting today in the first phase of parliamentary elections. The country's economy has hit a hard patch, but not quite come to a halt.
Economy weighs on Egyptians' minds as they vote for a new parliament.
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Nov 28, 2011
Many plan to vote for a the party associated with the Muslim Brotherhood, whose charity efforts are well known to Egypt's poor. But some worry the Brotherhood may not make the economy a priority if it's chosen to form the next government.
PODCAST: What the super committee lost, Egypt's revolutionary flare up
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Nov 29, 2011
We speak to the President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli about how the debt crises in the U.S. and Europe are affecting his country, and how Panama is continuing to grow. Reporter Mitchell Hartman shows us one place that was shaken to its core by the housing crisis. And what does the OWN network need to do to succeed?
Egyptian Stock Exchange put on hold in wake of protests
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Nov 22, 2011
Protests in Egypt continue today, causing the stock exchange there in Cairo to shutdown trading.









