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Which Headline is Out of Place?

As the Arab world burns, which of these six headlines is out of place? Libya defiant as hundreds of protesters feared dead Iran protests: capital under lockdown Region’s Protests Spread to Morocco Yemeni Police Fire…

Pesach Benson
February 20, 2011
12:00 am

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As the Arab world burns, which of these six headlines is out of place?

If the PA’s looking for headlines, I can’t think of a worse time to stage a Day of Rage against the US.

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Tags: arab, Bahrain, democracy, Iran, Libya, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, protests, Yemen

Pesach Benson

A Baltimore native, Pesach was with HonestReporting from 2011 to 2020. He edited the Israel Daily News Stream and authored the e-book, Red Lines: HonestReporting’s 8 Categories of Media Bias. Before moving to Israel in 1995, he worked as a reporter for the Baltimore Jewish Times. Pesach has a B.A. in political science from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, where he was executive editor of the campus newspaper.

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