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1. Tunsia Tunsia has gone under many changes including freedom of speech, won’t have to fear the police, no more corruption, and there aren’t anymore protests.

2. Algeria With the president in a French hospital recovering from a stroke, the generation of aging politicians and generals that has run Africa's largest country for a half-century is reaching its end.

3. Egypt Mass protests continue across Egypt in the wake of Wednesday’s US-backed military coup against Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. While it persists in the crackdown on Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB), the military junta has failed to assemble a civilian puppet government amid conflicts over posts with those Islamist parties that back the coup.

4. Libya Two years after Gadhafi's overthrow new laws may ban carrying weapons on the street without a permit, driving a vehicle without license plates or installing dark windows on a car, but no policeman would dare enforce those laws. As a result, it's not surprising the government decided not to hold official celebrations to mark the anniversary.

5. Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah announced that for the first time the names of the women he would appoint to the country’s consultative Shura Council, the closest thing the country has to a parliament.

6. Jordan Jordan has made enormous strides recently in healthcare, literacy, and democratic and economic reform. However, it remains challenged by a lack of natural resources,

7. Yemen Since his election President Hadi has demonstrated a commitment to tackling violent extremism in Yemen. In 2012 Yemeni security forces successfully regained territory held by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

8. Syria Chemical weapons have allowed the Syrian government to instill fear in rebel fighters and residents of the areas under its control, but the Assad government is believed to have resorted infrequently to those weapons during the course of the two-and-a-half-year conflict.