Gulf stock markets tumbled
Gulf stock markets have tumbled as investors, rattled by turmoil in Egypt and concerns the unrest may spread, quit their positions to push indices to multi-week lows. Egyptian protesters were on the streets again in central Cairo, demanding President Hosni Mubarak step down while security forces struggled to contain looters. Egypt's...
Poverty and joblessness fueling Mideast unrest
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Just days before fleeing Tunisia, the embattled leader went on national television to promise 300,000 new jobs over two years. Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak did much the same Saturday as riots gripped Cairo and other cities: offering more economic opportunities in a country where half the people...
How revolt in Tunisia undermines Arab regimes
FROM Egypt to Jordan and Algeria to Yemen, Tunisia’s "Jasmine Revolution" has begun to undermine Arab regimes that have for decades maintained their control through fear, analysts say. "The question is who remains," not which country is next, said Amr Hamzawy, the research director at the Carnegie Middle East Centre in Beirut,...
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