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  1. A protester holds an Egyptian flag while standing on a light pole at Tahrir square in Cairo 29/07/2011 REUTERS/Amr Dalsh

    Will corruption undermine Egypt’s transition?

    09 May 2012 11:38 BST | Comments (0)

    anna-nadgrodkiewicz | Anti-Corruption Views

    Unless meaningful institutional reforms are implemented, corruption in Egypt will continue apace

  2. Participants with trainer Abeer Saady, on TRF's

    Egyptian journalists learn how to keep safe during violence

    03 May 2012 15:38 BST | Comments (3)

    Abeer Saady | TrustMedia Trainers Blog

    Last week, twelve Egyptian journalists took part in an intensive three-day training course in Cairo on security and safety of...

  3. A Syrian refugee and her baby wait at the entrance of Yayladagi refugee camp in Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian border April 17, 2012. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

    Muslim women fear post-revolution fundamentalist regimes

    22 April 2012 12:36 BST | Comments (0)

    lisa-anderson | The Word on Women

    Fundamentalist rule would be "the hardest thing for us to face”, Muslim women's rights leaders say

  4. A man rents mobile phone chargers by the hour in downtown Port-au-Prince shortly after the January 2010 earthquake. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

    What good is 'crowd-sourcing' when everyone needs help?

    29 March 2012 19:25 BST | Comments (1)

    tim-large | TechnoTalk

    Crowd-sourcing makes sense for documenting violence or rights abuses, but how useful is it after natural disasters?

  5. An employee hangs up a poster of Egypt's ousted president Mubarak before a news conference by Kuwaiti lawyers joining Mubarak's defence team in Cairo 04/09/2011 REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

    Could corruption be worse in Tunisia, Egypt after Arab Spring?

    19 March 2012 16:55 GMT | Comments (1)

    luke-balleny | Anti-Corruption Views

    While grand corruption may have dropped, some analysts believe that petty corruption has increased since the Arab Spring

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