“Jasmine Revolution”
Symbol of peace: Flowers placed on the barrel of a tank
in very much calmer protests than in recent days in Tunisia

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011
Mannoubia Bouazizi, the mother of Tunisian street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi. "Mohammed suffered a lot. He worked hard. but when he set fire to himself, it wasn’t about his scales being confiscated. It was about his dignity." (Peter Hapak for TIME)

1 - TUNISIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


How eyepatches became a symbol of Egypt's revolution - Graffiti depicting a high ranking army officer with an eye patch Photograph: Nasser Nasser/ASSOCIATED PRESS

2 - EGYPT Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


''17 February Revolution"

3 - LIBYA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

5 - SYRIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

"25 January Youth Revolution"
Muslim and Christian shoulder-to-shoulder in Tahrir Square
"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) -
(Subjects: Egypt Uprising, Iran/Persia Uprising, Peace in Middle East without Israel actively involved, Muhammad, "Conceptual" Youth Revolution, "Conceptual" (without a manager hierarchy) managed Businesses, Internet, Social Media, News Media, Google, Bankers, Global Unity,..... etc.)
"The End of History" – Nov 20, 2010 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll)
(Subjects:Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Muhammad, Jesus, God, Jews, Arabs, EU, US, Israel, Iran, Russia, Africa, South America, Global Unity,..... etc.) (Text version)

"If an Arab and a Jew can look at one another and see the Akashic lineage and see the one family, there is hope. If they can see that their differences no longer require that they kill one another, then there is a beginning of a change in history. And that's what is happening now. All of humanity, no matter what the spiritual belief, has been guilty of falling into the historic trap of separating instead of unifying. Now it's starting to change. There's a shift happening."


“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.

They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."



African Union (AU)

African Union (AU)
African Heads of State pose for a group photo ahead of the start of the 28th African Union summit in Addis Ababa on January 30, 2017 (AFP Photo/ Zacharias ABUBEKER)

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela
Few words can describe Nelson Mandela, so we let him speak for himself. Happy birthday, Madiba.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Growing unrest wobbles Syria amid unrelenting military operation in north

English.news.cn, by Hummam Sheikh Ali, 2011-06-19

DAMASCUS, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The protests in Syrian have recently gained momentum on a weekly basis with harsher cries for the overthrow of the government, which is struggling to tamp down the months-long unrest by offering more concessions and promising more reforms, as well as by sending troops to the northern areas where it says "armed gangs" are killing policemen and intimidating residents.

According to Syria's state TV, hundreds of people rallied across the country Friday, calling for freedom and reforms. It also said that armed groups shot dead nine civilians and security officers and wounded 20 others.

Pan-Arab TV channel al-Jazeera said at least 19 people were gunned down by the security forces nationwide during Friday's large-scale protests.

George Gabour, a political analyst, told Xinhua via phone that the reason behind the continuation of protests is the Syrian government's disregard of the basic demands of the neglected class that protest every Friday.

Syria blames the unrest on armed extremist groups backed by foreign conspiracy that aims at toppling the regime and replacing it with an Islamic emirate.

Gabour said the "armed gangs" do exist and are mushrooming throughout Syria, suggesting that the "neglected class" may turn into armed gangs that resist the army and security forces.

"Syria, without doubt, is subject to a foreign conspiracy led by the Syrian opposition abroad and carried out by the neglected class on ground," he said.

Haitham Manaa, a prominent opposition figure, said he had received a phone call from a Syrian businessman abroad offering him to arm the young people in the southern province of Daraa against the army and security forces.

The Syrian leadership has recently unleashed a full-scale military operation in the northern edge of the country along the borders with Turkey, following the alleged killing of 120 security agents and the discovery of two mass graves with some mutilated bodies of army officers.

Army reinforcements were sent to the violence-hit area in the wake of the appeals by residents urging the army to interfere and put an end to the armed gangs, which, according to Syria's official news agency, have pushed the residents to flee to Turkey.

The Syrian army, meanwhile, has stationed troops at the entrances of the northwestern towns of Maarrat al-Numan and Khan Shekhoun, after it took full control of Jisr al-Shughour, a town bordering Turkey. The army said it will carry out a "limited" operation there to arrest the wanted people.

The Turkish authorities said the number of Syrian refugees into Turkey has almost reached 10,000. Another 5,000 residents in the western area of Tal Kalakh also crossed the border to Lebanon earlier this month.

Political analyst Taleb Ibrahimm told Xinhua that the protests have centered in towns bordering Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan to make it easier to arm those groups, create a state of chaos and wobble the reform process in the country.

Hassan Abd Alazeem, an opposition figure, told Xinhua in an interview that the end of the protests depends enormously on the attitude of the Syrian government toward carrying out reforms, suggesting that only true reforms could bring the protests to an end and close this chapter once and for all.

The Syrian government said 500 members of security forces have died since the eruption of protests in mid March, including 120 who were killed last week in north Syria.

According to activists, more than 1,400 civilians have died and some 10,000 have been detained as the government tried to quell the protests.

Britain, France, Germany and Portugal are pushing for a United Nations resolution draft to condemn Syria.

Editor: Mu Xuequan

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