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  Protests in Hong Kong after government calls off talks

  World | October 11, 2014 11:12 IST

  Hong Kong: Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democratic reforms after the local government called off a planned meeting with student leaders.The three largest organisations leading the protests called on

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  Arab world searches for democratic future

  World | October 05, 2013 15:07 IST

  Cairo : “For too long, many nations, including my own, tolerated, even excused, oppression in the Middle East in the name of stability... We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work

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  Democratic reforms in Gulf and Arab nations

  World | October 05, 2013 14:57 IST

  A look at democratic reform efforts in Arab and Gulf nations since the Arab Spring erupted in December 2010:SAUDI ARABIASaudi women were allowed this year for the first time in the Shura Council, an advisory