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The selective winds from the Arab Spring

The selective winds from the Arab Spring

Rediff.com24 Aug 2011

The most surprising part in the whole so-called Arab Spring is that the countries which were relatively more liberal and secular were the ones to see mass uprisings, while the countries that are more inward-looking and theology-driven, such as Saudi Arabia, have yet to see the kind of protests witnessed on Cairo or Tunis streets, says Faisal Kidwai

China quake death toll surges past 1,900

China quake death toll surges past 1,900

Rediff.com19 Apr 2010

Five days after the devastating earthquake in northwestern China, rescuers on Monday pulled out a four-year-old girl and an elderly Tibetan woman alive under the rubble of a collapsed building, even as the death toll rose to 1,944.