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,...
Protesters around the world march against Egypt’s Mubarak
Egyptians and activists around the world took to the streets in various cities Saturday to show their support for the protests currently underway in Egypt and to join the call for President Hosni Mubarak to step down. Outside the Egyptian Embassy in London, people rallied, chanted, hoisted banners and demanded change. One sign,...
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