Too many people in the region wake up with few expectations other than making it through the day, perhaps hoping that their luck will change.

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Israel has raised concerns about the region in the wake of the fall of the Mubarak government.

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"This is a wake up call to the region that there is no easy way out, " said Rob Masonis, Northwest director for American Rivers.

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U.S. and Arab officials also worry the Muslim Brotherhood's rise could accelerate the continuing expansion of Islamist governments across the region in the wake of the political uprisings that started last year.

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African ministries of education welcome the Education First initiative of the UN Secretary General, but note the reported drop in external aid to education in the region in the wake of the global economic downturn.

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The French-led operation in Mali has ousted the Islamist groups, including al-Qaeda's North African branch, from cities and town in the vast desert region they had captured a year ago in the wake of a coup.

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It is the latest attack to strike Pakistan in the wake of its military offensive against the Taliban, centered in the Swat region of North West Frontier Province.

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Moscow and Washington have announced they are cooperating on antiterrorism efforts in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, whose alleged perpetrators had roots in Russia's Caucasus region.

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The LGA concerns come in the wake of a report by the Home Office's Migration Impacts Forum, which said nearly every region in the UK had difficulties in housing, health, education and crime - due to increased migration.

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