A chill blows through the 'Arab Spring'
(Read article summary)Across the Arab world and beyond, entrenched regimes are fighting back against the unprecedented wave of democracy protests.
It has been less than 10 weeks since the uprising began in Egypt's Tahrir Square -- a time when hope soared throughout the Middle East and other parts of the world for a peaceful transition away from one-man, one-party rule. In the short period since the departure of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, however, what looked like the road to democracy has become a twisting path filed with dead-ends, U-turns, and aggressive moves by entrenched regimes to hold onto power.
