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Revolutions in the Middle EastArab "Republics of Fear" at an End?
The recent protests in the Arab world have shown that military deterrence alone can no longer keep demonstrators at bay. Yet, how long can these autocratic systems remain in place? Birgit Kaspar reports from Beirut

New Shia ConfidenceShiite "Arc of Crisis" in the Middle East?
In his article, Middle East and Islam expert Arnold Hottinger describes how, in the recent past, Shia influence in the Middle East has been fuelled by the Iraq and Lebanon armed conflicts

DossierUprisings in the Arab World
The anger of the Tunisians and the Egyptians towards the autocratic regimes in their countries has triggered an unprecedented revolt in several states in the Arab world. Our dossier provides an insight into the factors that led to the unrestout during his absence. She returned shortly, however, and entered the house holding his pistol. After confronting her, the defendant, according to one of his confessions, grabbed the gun and slung the holster from it, intending to hit her with it. He pulled the trigger instead and the bullet creased the left side of his wife's head. He immediately took her to the hospital where she died later that day.
ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NO. 1
The defendant assigns as error the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress inculpatory statements made by the defendant. The first contested statement was made by the defendant to Officer Allen Hall of the Shreveport Police Department while at the hospital.
Hall testified that he observed the defendant's car travelling at a high rate of