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WHEN HISTORY TURNS A CORNER.

Authors :
Duffy, Michael
Baghdadi, George
Blanford, Nicholas
Radwan, Amany
MacLeod, Scott
Rees, Matt
Hamad, Jamil
Carney, James
Cooper, Matthew
Dickerson, John F.
Shannon, Elaine
Zagorin, Adam
Source :
TIME Magazine; 3/14/2005, Vol. 165 Issue 11, p20-25, 6p, 5 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

Focuses on encouraging pro-democracy developments in the Middle East. Announcement by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt that Egypt would hold its first-ever secret ballot, multiparty presidential election; Demonstrations in Beirut forcing the resignation of the Syrian-backed Prime Minister and his cabinet; Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Abdullah's demand that Syrian President Bashar Assad remove Syrian troops from Lebanon; Hopes of U.S. President George W. Bush and his administration that these developments mark a course towards democracy.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0040781X
Volume :
165
Issue :
11
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
TIME Magazine
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
16332125